Apparatus and method for integrating authentication protocols in the establishment of connections between computing devices
First Claim
1. A mobile device configured to integrate authentication protocols in establishing a connection to a remote device, the mobile device comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the processor is configured to:
- in response to a successful user authentication at the mobile device such that access to use the mobile device has been granted, negotiate user authentication at the remote device by;
retrieving network access user authentication data stored on the mobile device;
generating additional authentication data at the mobile device;
retrieving formatting data stored on the mobile device, wherein the formatting data specifies a format for a login string as being the generated additional authentication data followed by the stored network access user authentication data, or the generated additional authentication data preceded by the stored network access user authentication data;
combining the stored network access user authentication data with the generated additional authentication data according to the format specified by the formatting data to produce the login string, prior to transmission of the user authentication data for the remote device to an authentication server; and
transmitting, to the authentication server, the login string for user authentication at the remote device.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for integrating authentication protocols in the establishment of connections between a controlled-access first computing device and at least one second computing device. In one embodiment, network access user authentication data needed to access the at least one second computing device is transmitted to an authentication server automatically if the user has access to use the first computing device, thereby not requiring the user to manually enter the authentication data needed for such access at the first computing device. The network access user authentication data may be, for example, retrieved from a memory store of the first computing device and/or generated in accordance with an authentication data generating algorithm.
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17 Claims
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1. A mobile device configured to integrate authentication protocols in establishing a connection to a remote device, the mobile device comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the processor is configured to:
in response to a successful user authentication at the mobile device such that access to use the mobile device has been granted, negotiate user authentication at the remote device by; retrieving network access user authentication data stored on the mobile device; generating additional authentication data at the mobile device; retrieving formatting data stored on the mobile device, wherein the formatting data specifies a format for a login string as being the generated additional authentication data followed by the stored network access user authentication data, or the generated additional authentication data preceded by the stored network access user authentication data; combining the stored network access user authentication data with the generated additional authentication data according to the format specified by the formatting data to produce the login string, prior to transmission of the user authentication data for the remote device to an authentication server; and transmitting, to the authentication server, the login string for user authentication at the remote device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of integrating, on a mobile device, authentication protocols in establishing a connection to a remote device, the mobile device comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the processor performs acts of the method comprising:
in response to a successful user authentication at the mobile device such that access to use the mobile device has been granted, negotiating user authentication at the remote device by; retrieving network access user authentication data stored on the mobile device; generating additional authentication data at the mobile device; retrieving formatting data stored on the mobile device, wherein the formatting data specifies a format for a login string as being the generated additional authentication data followed by the stored network access user authentication data, or the generated additional authentication data; combining the stored network access user authentication data with the generated additional authentication data according to the format specified by the formatting data to produce the login string, prior to transmission of the user authentication data for the remote device to an authentication server; and transmitting, to the authentication server, the login string for user authentication at the remote device.
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17. A computer-readable memory comprising instructions for integrating, on a mobile device, authentication protocols in establishing a connection to a remote device, the mobile device comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the instructions when executed configures the processor to:
in response to a successful user authentication at the mobile device such that access to use the mobile device has been granted, negotiate user authentication at the remote device by; retrieving network access user authentication data stored on the mobile device; generating additional authentication data at the mobile device; retrieving formatting data stored on the mobile device, wherein the formatting data specifies a format for a login string as being the generated additional authentication data followed by the stored network access user authentication data, or the generated additional authentication data preceded by the stored network access user authentication data; combining the stored network access user authentication data with the generated additional authentication data according to the format specified by the formatting data to produce the login string, prior to transmission of the user authentication data for the remote device to an authentication server; and transmitting, to the authentication server, the login string for user authentication at the remote device.
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