Central logout from multiple websites

• US 8,826,143 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2012
• Issued: 09/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Goodman, Brian D., Raina, Ajay
• Primary Examiner(s): Ng, Amy
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kim, Sang H
• Application Number:
  US13/419,599
• Publication Number:
  US 20130246943A1
• Time in Patent Office: 902 Days
• Field of Search: 726/1, 715/760
• US Class Current: 715/741
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/41 where a single sign-on provides access to a plurality of computers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/604 Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/108 when the policy decisions are valid for a limited amount of time
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066

Abstract

A method for enabling logout from websites includes creating at least one meta-data tag for a web page, where said at least one meta-data tag comprises a logout universal resource locator for the web page; reading the at least one meta-data tag for each web application that a user is logged into; recording the logout universal resource locator in a database; and displaying a name of each web application and the corresponding logout universal resource locator in a graphical user interface.

Claims

1. A method for enabling logout from websites, comprising:

creating at least one meta-data tag for a web page, where said at least one meta-data tag comprises a logout universal resource locator for the web page;

reading the at least one meta-data tag for each web application that a user is logged into, wherein the at least one meta-data tag further comprises data for country, language, time of access, and duration of access for at least one web application;

recording the logout universal resource locator in a database;

displaying a name of each web application, the at least one meta-data tag, a duration of the user'"'"'s log-in to at least one website, a toggle for enabling and disabling an automatic logout from at least one web application or service, and the corresponding logout universal resource locator in a graphical user interface; and

displaying user preferences in the graphical user interface, wherein said user preferences allow creating and editing of at least one rule for automatically logging out of at least one web application.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one rule comprises automatically logging a user out of at least on website after at least one of after a set duration of the user'"'"'s log-in, after a browser is closed, or after a new browser window or tab is closed.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising configuring the graphical user interface to automatically issue at least one logout for at least one web application based on the at least one rule.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the at least one rule logs a user out of a plurality of web applications.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising automatically logging out of multiple web applications.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein a browser script library reads the at least one meta-data tag.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the browser script library comprises an add-on or plug-in for a web browser.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the database comprises local storage within a web browser.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising storing a user history over a set period of time and making at least one recommendation to a user based upon web usage.

10. The method according to claim 1, further comprising recommending that a user change an enable/disable feature for a specific website.

11. The method according to claim 1, further comprising recommending changing user preferences to a default policy.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one rule comprises automatically logging a user out of at least on website after a browser is closed.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one rule comprises automatically logging a user out of at least on website after a new browser window or tab is closed.

14. The method according to claim 1, wherein the duration of a user'"'"'s log-in to at least one website is displayed in hours or days.

15. The method of claim 1, comprising displaying all web applications a user is currently logged into, said user setting at least one rule for automatically logging out of each web application.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising recommending the user to enable or disable the at least one rule for a specific website.

17. The method for enabling logout from a website, comprising:

reading at least one meta-data tag for a webpage that a user is logged into, where said at least one meta-data tag comprises data for country, language, time of access, duration of access for at least one web application, and a logout universal resource locator for the webpage;

recording the logout universal resource locator in a database;

displaying a name of the web application, the at least one meta-data tag, a duration of the user'"'"'s log-in to at least one website, a toggle for enabling and disabling an automatic logout from at least one web application or service, and the corresponding logout universal resource locator in a graphical user interface;

displaying user preferences in the graphical user interface, wherein said user preferences allow creating and editing of at least one rule for automatically logging out of at least one web application; and

creating at least one rule for automatically logging out of the web application.

18. The method according to claim 17, comprising automatically logging out of multiple web applications.

19. A system for enabling user centric logout from multiple websites, comprising:

at least one electronic or digital device connected to a network and in communication with a controller for automatically logging a user out of at least one website;

an electronic database for storing at least one logout universal resource locator of at least one website from at least one meta-data tag, wherein the at least one meta-data tag further comprises data for country, language, time of access, and duration of access for at least one web application; and

a graphical user interface in communication with the electronic database, said graphical user interface displaying user preferences allowing for creating and editing of at least one policy or rule for automatically logging out of the at least one website;

a duration of the user'"'"'s log-in to at least one website;

a toggle for enabling and disabling an automatic logout from at least one web application or service;

a name of the at least one website; and

the at least one logout universal resource locator.

20. The system according to claim 19, wherein the controller comprises one or more processors with embedded computer code or application logic.