System and method for automated login
AssigneeImprivata, Inc.
InventorsDavid M.T. Ting, Chen Ho, Parind Shah, Bushan Yadav Byragani
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Abstract
User access to applications is controlled by associating an alias for an individual with a user profile for the individual; the user profile typically contains data referring to one or more applications. Access to an application is obtained using the data in the user profile, e.g., through automatic completion of forms or screens within an application. In addition, the user profile may be employed to limit user access to parts of an application, or to terminate a user's access to an application.
Claims16
A method of controlling access by a user operating a client computer to one or more server-based applications communicating with the client over a computer network, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. storing, on an identification server communicating with the client over a computer network, profile information for the user in connection with a plurality of server-based applications;
- b. identifying the user;
- c. based on the user's identity, causing the identification server to automatically supply the profile information to the client computer;
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- d. on the client computer, using the received profile information to obtain access to the one or more applications.
A system for controlling access by a user operating a client computer to one or more server-based applications communicating with the client over a computer network, the system comprising:
- a. an identification server connected to a computer network for storing user profile information in connection with a plurality of server-based applications;
- b. a web server module for transmitting the user profile information from the identification server to the client computer, and;
- c. a single-sign-on agent residing on the client computer for receiving the user profile information and transmitting at least a part of the user profile information to one or more applications.
A system, operable on a user's client computer connected to a computer network, for controlling access by the user to one or more applications communicating with the client over a computer network, the system comprising:
- a. means for receiving, from an identification server communicating with the client over a computer network, profile information for the user in connection with a plurality of server-based applications;
- b. means for identifying the user;
- c. means for causing the identification server to automatically supply the profile information to the client computer based on the user's identity;
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- d. means for using the received profile information to obtain access to the one or more applications.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.