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Single login multiplexing

  • US 9,600,643 B2
  • Filed: 02/06/2014
  • Issued: 03/21/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • maintaining, by a processing device, authorization data in a data store, the authorization data comprising an association of a plurality of passwords of a plurality of users with a username shared by the plurality of users for an account of an application in a data store, wherein each of the plurality of passwords has a corresponding user of the plurality of users and a corresponding set of privileges;

    receiving, by the processing device, a request for access to the account from a first user device of a first user, the request comprising the shared username and a first password of the plurality of passwords, the first password corresponding to the first user;

    authenticating, by the processing device, the first user in view of a comparison of the shared username and the first password with the authorization data;

    upon authentication of the first user, granting, by the processing device, access to the account for the first user device of the first user to execute a corresponding first set of privileges;

    receiving, by the processing device, a request for access to the account from a second user device of a second user, the request comprising the shared username and a second password of the plurality of passwords, the second password corresponding to the second user;

    authenticating, by the processing device, the second user in view of a comparison of the shared username and the second password with the authorization data; and

    upon authentication of the second user, granting, by the processing device, access to the account for the second user device of the second user to execute a corresponding second set of privileges.

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