Integrating operating systems with content offered by web based entities
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1. A method of facilitating a computer logon session comprising:
- transmitting a validation request to an internet based service provider, wherein said validation request includes a user'"'"'s credentials, said credentials being verifiable by said internet based service provider;
receiving information related to said user from said internet based service provider, wherein said information includes a security context;
utilizing said user security context to generate a token;
logging said user into a client'"'"'s operating system, wherein the token is used by said operating system to authorize operations; and
using the security context to obtain content from one or more internet based service providers.
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Abstract
Example embodiments are provided for integrating operating systems with content offered by internet based entities.
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1. A method of facilitating a computer logon session comprising:
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transmitting a validation request to an internet based service provider, wherein said validation request includes a user'"'"'s credentials, said credentials being verifiable by said internet based service provider; receiving information related to said user from said internet based service provider, wherein said information includes a security context; utilizing said user security context to generate a token; logging said user into a client'"'"'s operating system, wherein the token is used by said operating system to authorize operations; and using the security context to obtain content from one or more internet based service providers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer system, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory includes executable instructions that upon executing by the processor cause the computer system to; receive a user credential; transmit the user credential to an internet based service provider; receive a security context from the internet based service provider, wherein the security context is generated by the internet based service provider; generate a token using information associated with the security context; use the token to log the user into an operating system of the computer system, wherein the token is used by the operating system to authorize operations; and use the security context to obtain content from one or more internet based service providers. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-readable storage medium wherein the medium is not a signal including executable instructions that, upon execution by a processor, cause a computer system to facilitate a method for creating a computer system logon session, the method comprising:
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displaying a logon screen for an operating system associated with the computer system; receiving a user credential; transmitting the user credential to an internet based service provider; receiving a security context from the internet based service provider, wherein the security context is generated by the internet based service provider; generating a token using information associated with the security context; using the token to log the user into the operating system, wherein the token is used by the operating system to authorize operations; and using the security context to obtain content from one or more internet based service providers. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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