US 8,788,820 B2 · Secure network access

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method for facilitating access to secure network sites, such as sites providing secure financial information. An active software agent is utilized to fetch passwords and user identifiers from a user computing system and to use the passwords and identifiers to extract required information from the secure site. The password sites and identifiers are encrypted and an encryption key is stored at a network mode remote from the user's computer and is fetched in order to enable the passwords and identifiers to be decrypted so that the active agent can use them to obtain the required information.

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Dependent claims

A system for facilitating access by a user to a secure network site, the system comprising:

a user computing system including an active agent engine that executes an active agent from a remote computing device to access the secure network site on behalf of the user, the active agent being arranged, in response to a user query, to:
retrieve a dedicated decryption key from a repository server remote from the user computing system;
utilize the retrieved decryption key to obtain access data for enabling access to the secure network site, the access data being obtained from an encrypted vault stored on the user computing system;
and
utilize the access data to extract information from the secure network site for presentation to the user.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

13/494,893Filed 12 Jun 2012 · continuation

Priority

AU 21225/0115 Feb 2001

Published

US 2013/0198514 A11 Aug 2013

Granted

22 Jul 2014

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

G06F 21/604
Protecting data: tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems
G06F 21/41
User authentication: where a single sign-on provides access to a plurality of computers
G06F 21/6236
To a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database: between heterogeneous systems
H04L 63/0428
For providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks: wherein the data content is protected, e.g.…

Family

PCT/AU02/00150Parent of this continuation · filed 14 Feb 2002

US 2013/0198514 A1Pre-grant publication · published 1 Aug 2013

Application10/468,186Parent of this continuation

US 8,200,966 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2004/0139328 A1Published application

US 8,788,820 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

Secure network access

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Abstract

Claims12