Method and system for providing user access to a secure application
First Claim
1. A method for providing remote user access to a secure application by deployment of single sign-on (SSO) software to client workstations, said method comprising:
- navigating to a secure server using a web browser on a remote workstation;
providing user authorisation details to the secure server;
downloading an SSO deployment file to the remote workstation upon validation of the user authorisation details;
executing the SSO deployment file to install an SSO client application on the remote workstation;
reading workstation settings and user credentials from a secure file or data store; and
running the SSO client application on the workstation to employ the user credentials to logon to the secure application, wherein;
the SSO client application intercepts and responds to authentication requests issued by the secure application and received at the remote workstation.
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Abstract
A method and system for providing remote user access to secure applications by deployment of SSO software to client workstations, including navigating to a secure server using a web browser on a remote workstation; providing user authorization details to the secure server; downloading an SSO deployment file to the remote workstation upon validation of the user authorization details; executing the SSO deployment file to install an SSO client application on the remote workstation; reading workstation settings and user credentials from a secure file or data store; and running the SSO client application on the workstation to employ the user credentials to logon to the secure application.
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1. A method for providing remote user access to a secure application by deployment of single sign-on (SSO) software to client workstations, said method comprising:
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navigating to a secure server using a web browser on a remote workstation; providing user authorisation details to the secure server; downloading an SSO deployment file to the remote workstation upon validation of the user authorisation details; executing the SSO deployment file to install an SSO client application on the remote workstation; reading workstation settings and user credentials from a secure file or data store; and running the SSO client application on the workstation to employ the user credentials to logon to the secure application, wherein; the SSO client application intercepts and responds to authentication requests issued by the secure application and received at the remote workstation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17)
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14. A system for providing remote user access to a secure application by deployment of single sign-on (SSO) software to client workstations, said system comprising:
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a secure server, having a processor, coupled to a publicly accessible global communications network, said secure server having a single sign-on (SSO) service module, an SSO deployment file and associated user authorisation details; at least one remote workstation having a web browser for navigating to the secure server via the publicly accessible global communications network; and wherein the SSO deployment file includes instructions for execution on a plurality of processors, and the SSO deployment file includes a management control program for controlling download from the secure server and installation of an SSO client application on said at least one remote workstation, and once installed, the SSO client application provides sign-on and user credential caching in relation to said secure application for the user at said remote workstation, and wherein the SSO client application intercepts and responds to authentication requests issued by the secure application and received at the at least one remote workstation. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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18. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing software modules that provide remote user access to a secure application by deployment of single sign-on (SSO) software to client workstations, the software modules comprising executable code that is executable to:
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provide user authorisation details to a secure server; download an SSO deployment file to a remote workstation upon validation of the user authorisation details; execute the SSO deployment file to install an SSO client application on the remote workstation; read workstation settings and user credentials from a secure file or data store; and run the SSO client application on the workstation to employ the user credentials to logon to the secure application, wherein the SSO client application intercepts and responds to authentication requests issued by the secure application and received at the remote workstation. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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