System and method for authentication in distributed computing environment
AssigneeSMART Technologies ULC
InventorsMichael Boyle, Lynel Barrow, Brent Adam, Roberto Sirotich
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and system for managing profiles for use with touch systems. A user logs into a communal device using a pointer paired with a mobile device. The communal device is authenticated and retrieves the user's profile. The user profile is used to setup a workspace on the communal device. The workspace is granted access to the user's content on a content server. When the communal device has multiple users, each workspace may be shared or not depending on the user's requirements. Each pointer is individually identified to a particular user and workspace.
Claims18
A communal computing system comprising:
- a processor;
- a first communication channel;
- a second communication channel;
- a tangible computer-readable memory comprising instructions to configure the processor to:
- receive identification information on contact of a pointer to the first communication channel;
- the pointer previously authenticated with a mobile device;
- authenticate the communal computing system with an authentication server over the second communication channel using at least a portion of the identification information;
- and
- receive profile information over the second communication channel from a profile server after the authentication server notifies the profile server of a successful authentication.
A method for authentication comprises:
- receiving identification information on contact of a pointer to a mobile device to a first communication channel;
- the pointer previously authenticated with the mobile device;
- authenticating a communal computing system with an authentication server over a second communication channel using at least a portion of the identification information from a profile server;
- and
- receiving profile information over the second communication channel from the profile server after the authentication server notifies the profile server of a successful authentication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.