Cross-domain single login

A method for providing cross-domain single login comprising:

• serving, by a first application server to a user device, a first user-visible page of a first application, wherein
• the first application is configured to operate on a first domain, and
• the first user-visible page includes first user-specific content and first general content;
• responsive to serving the first user-visible page of the first application, requesting, by the first application server, a first hidden page of the first application,
• wherein the user device is configured to:
• send a first hidden authentication request to an authentication server, and
• responsive to sending the first hidden authentication request, receive a first message from the authentication server, the first message including a first authentication result;
• and
• responsive to the user device sending the first hidden authentication request, receiving, by the first application server, a second message from the user device, wherein
• the second message is based on the first authentication result obtained by the authentication server based on the first hidden authentication request, and
• the first authentication result includes one of a positive authentication result and a negative authentication result.

A method for providing cross-domain single login comprising:

• receiving, by an authentication server, a first hidden authentication request from a first hidden page of a first application, wherein
• the first hidden page is rendered in response to a first application server requesting the first hidden page based on the first application server serving a first user-visible page of the first application,
• the first application is configured to operate on a first domain, and
• the first user-visible page includes first user-specific content and first general data;
• in response to receiving the first hidden authentication request, obtaining, by the authentication server, a first authentication result, wherein the first authentication result includes one of a positive authentication result and a negative authentication result;
• in response to obtaining the first authentication result, sending, by the authentication server, a first message to the first hidden page, wherein the first hidden page is configured to send a second message to the first user-visible page upon receiving the first message from the authentication server;
• receiving, by the authentication server, a second hidden authentication request from a second hidden page of a second application, wherein
• the second hidden page is rendered in response to a second application server requesting the second hidden page based on the second application server serving a second user-visible page of the second application,
• the second application is configured to operate on a second domain, wherein the second domain is different than the first domain, and
• the second user-visible page includes second user-specific content and general data;
• in response to receiving the second hidden authentication request, obtaining, by the authentication server, a second authentication result, wherein the second authentication result includes one of a positive authentication result and a negative authentication result;
• and
• in response to obtaining the second authentication result, sending, by the authentication server, a third message to the second hidden page, wherein, the second hidden page is configured to send a fourth message to the second user-visible page upon receiving the third message from the authentication server.

A non-transitory machine readable medium storing code, which when executed by a user device, is configured to:

• render a first user-visible page, of a first application, received from a first application server, wherein the first application is configured to operate on a first domain;
• receive a request for a first hidden page from the first application server;
• responsive to receiving the request for the first hidden page, render, the first hidden page, of the first application;
• send a first authentication request to an authentication server;
• responsive to sending the first hidden authentication request, receive, a first message, wherein the first message includes a first authentication result obtained by the authentication server based on the first hidden authentication request, wherein the first authentication result includes one of a positive authentication result and a negative authentication result;
• and
• responsive to receiving the first message from the authentication server, send, a second message to the first hidden page.