Method and apparatus for simultaneously establishing user identity and group membership

A system for authenticating a user to one or more groups, said system comprising:

• a memory that stores computer-readable code;
• and
• a processor operatively coupled to said memory, said processor configured to implement said computer-readable code, said computer-readable code configured to:
• verify an identity of said user;
• and
• verify a membership of said user with said one or more groups, wherein said verifying computations are performed substantially simultaneously using user information stored in a computer file associated with said user.

An article of manufacture for authenticating a user to one or more groups, comprising:

• a computer readable medium having computer readable code means embodied thereon, said computer readable program code means comprising:
• a step to verify an identity of said user;
• and
• a step to verify a membership of said user with said one or more groups, wherein said verifying computations are performed substantially simultaneously using user information stored in a computer file associated with said user.

A system for authenticating a user to one or more groups, said method comprising the steps of:

• a memory that stores computer-readable code;
• and
• a processor operatively coupled to said memory, said processor configured to implement said computer-readable code, said computer-readable code configured to:
• verify an identity of said user;
• and
• verify a membership of said user with said one or more groups, wherein said verifying steps are performed using a single operation.

An article of manufacture for authenticating a user to one or more groups, comprising:

• a computer readable medium having computer readable code means embodied thereon, said computer readable program code means comprising:
• a step to verify an identity of said user;
• and
• a step to verify a membership of said user with said one or more groups, wherein said verifying steps are performed using a single operation.