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AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsAndrew M. Himberger, Chris Pearo, Lucas J. Forschler, Stillman T. Saunders
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Methods and systems authenticate a user of a sub-location of a network location by using a first cookie for authentication within the network location, such as a domain of the world wide web, and also use a second cookie for authentication within a sub-location of the network location. When the user attempts to visit a network location or sub-location within the network location, the server of the network location authenticates the user by obtaining a previously stored cookie from the user's computer and validating it for the network location. Upon being authenticated by the validation, a cookie for a sub-location within the network location is generated for the user and provided to the user's computer. When the user attempts to access the sub-location within the network location, the cookie provided to the user's computer for the sub-location is obtained and validated to authenticate the user for the sub-location.
A method of authenticating a user of a computer for at least one sub-location of a network address, comprising:
The method of claim I, wherein the second cookie is validated when the computer attempts to access the first sub-location of the network address.
A computer system, comprising:
A network system, comprising:
A computer readable medium comprising instructions that when executed by a computer perform the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.