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Authentication to a second application using credentials authenticated to a first application

  • US 7,647,628 B2
  • Filed: 03/09/2004
  • Issued: 01/12/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for switching identify of a user that has a first username associated with a first class of users, the method comprising the steps of:

  • receiving, by a computer system, login information from the user, the login information including the first username, an alternate class, and a password associated with the first username, the first username and the alternate class being received as part of a user identification input of the login information entered by the user, the first username and alternate class being entered by the user as a single data field entry, the first username being associated with a class of users granted a first set of rights and privileges associated with the computer system, and the alternate class being granted a second set of rights and privileges associated with the computer system;

    authenticating, by the computer system, the user based on the first username and the password; and

    providing, by the computer system, access to the computer system as the alternate class,wherein the alternate class is different than the first class.

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