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Authenticating access to a network server without communicating login information through the network server

  • US 6,584,505 B1
  • Filed: 07/08/1999
  • Issued: 06/24/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/08/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of granting access to a network server, the method comprising:

  • receiving, at an authentication server, a request to authenticate a user, wherein the request is generated by the network server to which the user is attempting to gain access;

    determining whether the user was already authenticated by the authentication server;

    if the user was already authenticated by the authentication server, notifying the network server that the user is authenticated; and

    if the user was not already authenticated by the authentication server, then retrieving login information from the user, wherein the login information is not communicated through the network server, authenticating the user by comparing the retrieved login information with authentication information maintained by the authentication server, notifying the network server that the user is authenticated if the retrieved login information matches the authentication information.

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