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AssigneeWebTV Networks, Inc.
InventorsLee S. Mighdoll, Bruce A. Leak, Stephen G. Perlman, Phillip Y. Goldman
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A server system provides a client system with a number of on-line services including a log-in service. Once the server receives a request from the user for initiating access to the server, the log-in service accesses a user database for information including access privileges of the authorized user in relation to the other services available on the server. The server then generates an information packet containing this information, and transmits the information packet to the client. The client than transmits a second request to the server, requesting use of another service offered by the server. The information packet provided by the server in response to the log-in request is transmitted along with the second request to the server. The server then regulates access by the client to this other service by using the information packet transmitted back to the server from the client. Thus, access to the user database is minimized.
In a networked computer system includes a server system having a plurality of remote servers and a plurality of proxy servers, and a plurality of client systems, all of which are logically interconnected so that the client systems can access informational content stored at the one or more remote servers, and wherein at least one of the client systems is comprised of an electronics unit which provides a graphical user interface by which the Internet can be accessed and browsed using a conventional television set as a display, a method of increasing security of user database information retained by the server system by reducing the number of direct accesses of such user database information when accessing requested services provided by the server system, comprising steps for:
In a networked computer system includes a server system having a plurality of remote servers and a plurality of proxy servers, and a plurality of client systems, all of which are logically interconnected so that the client systems can access informational content stored at the one or more remote servers, and wherein at least one of the client systems is comprised of an electronics unit which provides a graphical user interface by which the Internet can be accessed and browsed using a conventional television set as a display, a computer program product for implementing a method of increasing security of user database information retained by the server system by reducing the number of direct accesses of such user database information when accessing requested services provided by the server system, comprising a computer readable medium for storing executable instructions for implementing the method, and wherein the method is comprised of steps for:
In a networked computer system includes a server system having a plurality of remote servers and a plurality of proxy servers, and a plurality of client systems, all of which are logically interconneted so that the client systems can access informational content stored at the one or more remote servers, and wherein at least one of the client systems is comprised of an electronics unit which provides a graphical user interface by which the Internet can be accessed and browsed using a conventional television set as a display, a method of increasing security of user database information retained by the server system by reducing the number of direct accesses of such user database information when accessing requested services provided by the server system, comprising acts of:
In a networked computer system includes a server system having a plurality of remote servers and a plurality of proxy servers, and a plurality of client systems, all of which are logically interconnected so that the client systems can access informational content stored at the one or more remote servers, and wherein at least one of the client systems is comprised of an electronics unit which provides a graphical user interface by which the Internet can be accessed and browsed using a conventional television set as a display, a computer program product for implementing a method of increasing security of user database information retained by the server system by reducing the number of direct accesses of such user database information when accessing requested services provided by the server system, comprising a computer readable medium for storing executable instructions for implementing the method, and wherein the method comprises acts of:
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