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Method and system for providing a user access to multiple secured subsystems

  • US 5,604,490 A
  • Filed: 09/09/1994
  • Issued: 02/18/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a computer networking system having a server coupled to a plurality of clients, wherein each of said plurality of clients has access to a plurality of program procedures, accessed through said server, each said program procedure having a security protocol required for access, unique to each user of each of said plurality of clients, a method for unifying said security protocols for each user based on unique user credentials comprising the steps of:

  • upon request to start a program procedure by said user, authenticating the identity of said user based on information unique to said user;

    generating a user handle associated with said user;

    notifying each of said security protocols of said user handle associated with said user;

    generating new user credentials for each of said security protocol;

    associating said new user credentials with said user handle associated with said user;

    mapping said user handle to said unique user'"'"'s credentials for each program procedure;

    generating an alternate process;

    tagging said alternate process with said user handle associated with said user;

    upon request from said alternate process for access to an object accessed through said server, granting access to said object based on said new user credentials associated with said user handle.

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