Methods and systems for accessing a network-based computer system

A system for accessing a network based computer system, said system comprising:

• a client system comprising a browser;
• a centralized database for storing information;
• and
• a server system comprising a password reset application and configured to be coupled to said client system and said database, said server system further configured to:
• receive from said client system a single sign on identification (SSO ID) and a single sign on password (SSO password) assigned to a user;
• transmit the SSO ID and SSO password to said database for authentication purposes;
• display on said client system each computer system that the user is permissioned to access based on the authenticated SSO ID and SSO password and each user identification (user ID) permissioned to access each corresponding computer system displayed on the client system;
• prompt the user to select a computer system to be accessed along with a permissioned user ID;
• randomly generate a user password for accessing the selected computer system in direct response to the user selecting the computer system;
• automatically capture the randomly generated user password within the password reset application, the password reset application configured to perform a password reset operation on the selected computer system;
• automatically trigger the password reset operation upon capturing the randomly generated user password within the password reset application, the password reset operation defines a reset password for the selected computer system as the randomly generated user password, wherein a new randomly generated user password is generated and a new password reset operation is performed each time the user at least one of accesses the selected computer system and accesses any other computer system the user is permissioned to access;
• transmit the selected user ID and the randomly generated user password to the selected computer system without storing the randomly generated user password in said database;
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• access the selected computer system by the user using the selected ID and the randomly generated user password.

A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for accessing a network-based computer system, said program comprising a code segment that receives a single sign on identification (SSO ID) and a single sign on password (SSO password) assigned to a user and then:

• authenticates the SSO ID and SSO password;
• displays on a client system each computer system that the user is permissioned to access and each user identification (user ID) permissioned to access each corresponding computer system displayed on the client system;
• prompts the user to select a computer system to be accessed along with a permissioned user ID;
• randomly generates a user password for accessing the selected computer system in direct response to the user selecting the computer system;
• automatically captures the randomly generated user password within a password reset application, the password reset application configured to perform a password reset operation on the selected computer system;
• automatically triggers the password reset operation upon capturing the randomly generated user password within the password reset application, the password reset operation defines a reset password for the selected computer system as the randomly generated user password, wherein a new randomly generated user password is generated and a new password reset operation is performed each time the user at least one of accesses the selected computer system and accesses any other computer system the user is permissioned to access;
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• transmits a user identification (user ID) the selected user ID and the randomly generated user password, without storing the randomly generated user password in a database, to the selected computer system such that the selected computer system is accessed by the user using the selected ID and the randomly generated user password.