Client side authentication redirection
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1. A computerized method for performing an automated client application login process for a user, the automated client application login process transparent to a user of the computer, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a computer operating system, a user name and a clear-text password previously entered by a user for authenticating the user, wherein the act of performing an automated client application login process for a user includes accessing a pre-existing user authentication directory, the pre-existing user authentication directory including a plurality of password protected user specific attributes, each of the plurality of password protected user specific attributes associated with a user name and a clear-text password of one system user;
subsequent to authenticating the user, receiving a user request to access a password protected client application;
responsive to the user request, the automated authentication process invoking a password interceptor process, transparent to the user;
the password interceptor process configured for retrieving an administratively predefined set of user attributes from the pre-existing user authentication directory, and whereby the automated authentication process produces a generated client application password from at least one of the administratively predefined set of user specific attributes using a pre-defined algorithm;
responsive to producing the generated client application password, the automated authentication process registering the generated client application password with the password protected client application as an authorized password for the user to access the password protected client application; and
wherein the computerized method next logs the authenticated user onto the password protected client application, transparent to the user, using the previously registered generated client application password.
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Abstract
A device, method and system for authentication by a user are disclosed herein. The exemplary method may authenticate a user password entered by a user. User specific attributes may be accessed and used to produce a generated password. The generated password may be produced using an algorithm and the user attributes. The generated password may be used to log onto a resource for the user.
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14 Claims
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1. A computerized method for performing an automated client application login process for a user, the automated client application login process transparent to a user of the computer, the method comprising:
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receiving, from a computer operating system, a user name and a clear-text password previously entered by a user for authenticating the user, wherein the act of performing an automated client application login process for a user includes accessing a pre-existing user authentication directory, the pre-existing user authentication directory including a plurality of password protected user specific attributes, each of the plurality of password protected user specific attributes associated with a user name and a clear-text password of one system user; subsequent to authenticating the user, receiving a user request to access a password protected client application; responsive to the user request, the automated authentication process invoking a password interceptor process, transparent to the user; the password interceptor process configured for retrieving an administratively predefined set of user attributes from the pre-existing user authentication directory, and whereby the automated authentication process produces a generated client application password from at least one of the administratively predefined set of user specific attributes using a pre-defined algorithm; responsive to producing the generated client application password, the automated authentication process registering the generated client application password with the password protected client application as an authorized password for the user to access the password protected client application; and wherein the computerized method next logs the authenticated user onto the password protected client application, transparent to the user, using the previously registered generated client application password. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for performing client side application authentication and password generation of a user accessing a password protected client application, the system comprising:
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a client side application authentication module, operating under control of a computer operating system, and configured for;
(1) receiving a user name and a clear-text password entered by a user to the computer operating system, the user name and password configured for identifying the user to the computer operating system, and upon receiving the user name and clear-text password entered by the user, the client side application authentication module configured for authenticating the user name and clear-text password by accessing a pre-existing user authentication directory, the pre-existing user authentication directory including a plurality of password protected user specific attributes, each of the plurality of password protected user specific attributes associated with a user name and a clear-text password of one system user; and
for (2) receiving a user request to access a password protected client application, the user request directed to the password protected client application, the client side application authentication module further configured for, transparently to the user, intercepting the user request to access the password protected client application and for accessing the password protected user specific attributes in the pre-existing user authentication directory of the previously authenticated user;a password generation module, responsive to the client side application authentication module, and configured for accessing (1) a user specific administratively predefined set of the password protected user specific attributes located in the pre-existing user authentication directory and (2) a pre-defined algorithm, and for producing a generated application password using the pre-defined algorithm and the user specific administratively predefined set of user specific attributes; and an access module, responsive to the password generation module, and configured for registering the generated application password with the client application, and for transparently to the user providing the generated application to the client application thereby logging the user onto the client application using the generated password. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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