Asynchronous identity establishment through a web-based application

A computer system, comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory operatively coupled to the processor;
• and
• a program module (i) which executes in the processor from the memory and (ii) which, when executed by the processor, causes the computer system to establish identity through a web-based application by
• determining whether a user has been logged off from the web-based application accessed through a web browser on a computer,
• upon determining that the user has been logged off from the web-based application by identifying that a previous authentication token has expired or has been deleted, providing a new user interface through the web browser, the new user interface enabling the user to enter user credentials,
• receiving the user credentials through the new user interface,
• transmitting a request to validate the user based on whether the user credentials are valid,
• upon transmitting the request to validate the user, receiving an instruction to remove the new user interface when the user is validated, and
• upon receiving the instruction to remove the new user interface, transforming a display of the web-based application by removing the new user interface.

A computer-storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

• determine whether a user has been logged off from a web-based application accessed through a web browser on a computer, the user being logged off as a result of a passive log off or an active log off;
• upon determining that the user has been logged off from the web-based application by identifying that a previous authentication token has expired or has been deleted, provide a new user interface through the web browser, the new user interface enabling the user to enter user credentials, the new user interface configured to block user access to a server-side representation of the web-based application through the web browser;
• receive the user credentials through the new user interface,
• transmit, to an authentication server, a request to validate the user based on whether the user credentials are valid;
• upon transmitting the request to validate the user, receive an instruction to remove the new user interface when the user is validated, wherein the instruction to remove the new user interface is received from a web page to which new user interface is directed by the authentication server;
• and
• upon receiving the instruction to remove the new user interface, transform a display of the web-based application by removing the new user interface.