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Authenticating remote users in a distributed environment

  • US 5,706,349 A
  • Filed: 03/06/1995
  • Issued: 01/06/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for managing communications between remote users and an application server in a distributed computing environment, the application server supported in a local processing system having a local authentication facility, comprising the steps of:

  • (a) issuing a token to each remote user whose identity is authenticated in the local processing system using the local authentication facility;

    (b) in response to a call from a remote user, determining whether a token associated with the call was issued to the remote user authenticated by the local authentication facility of the local processing system; and

    (c) connecting the remote user to the application server if the token was issued to the remote user authenticated by the local authentication facility of the local processing system.

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