Toolbar for single sign-on and non-single sign-on sites, applications, systems, and sessions

A user device comprising:

• a transceiver;
• a memory to store instructions of a toolbar application;
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• at least one processing system to execute the instructions of the toolbar application to:
• receive a sign-on request to sign-on to the toolbar application from a user of the user device, wherein the toolbar application is resident on the user device;
• receive user profile information pertaining to the user when the user successfully signs-on to the toolbar application;
• receive a request to connect to a single sign-on site, to connect to a non-single sign-on site, to connect to a system, to initiate a mainframe session, or to use a mainframe application or a user device application resident on the user device, wherein the toolbar application is capable of receiving the request via any of the toolbar application, a graphical element on a desktop associated with the user device, a graphical element in a taskbar associated with the user device, and a graphical element in a system tray associated with the user device;
• determine whether the user is authorized to connect to, initiate, or use the single sign-on site, the non-single sign-on site, the system, the mainframe session, the mainframe application, or the user device application based on the user profile information;
• select one or more user credentials to allow the user to connect to, initiate, or use the single sign-on site, the non-single sign-on site, the system, the mainframe session, the mainframe application, or the user device application in response to a determination that the user is authorized;
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• sign-on to the single sign-on site, the non-single sign-on site, the system, the mainframe session, the mainframe application, or the user device application based on the selected one or more user credentials, wherein the toolbar application is capable of performing the receiving, the determining, the selecting, and the signing-on, pertaining to the single sign-on site, the non-single sign-on site, the system, the mainframe session, the mainframe application, and the user device application.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions of a toolbar application resident on a user device and executable by at least one processing system of the user device, the instructions comprising instructions to:

• receive a sign-on request to sign-on to the toolbar application from a user of the user device;
• receive user profile information pertaining to the user when the user successfully signs-on to the toolbar application;
• receive a request to connect to a single sign-on site, to connect to a non-single sign-on site, to connect to a system, to initiate a mainframe session, or to use a mainframe application or a user device application resident on the user device, wherein the toolbar application is capable of receiving the request via any of the toolbar application, a graphical element on a desktop associated with the user device, a graphical element in a taskbar associated with the user device, and a graphical element in a system tray associated with the user device;
• determine whether the user is authorized to connect to, initiate, or use the single sign-on site, the non-single sign-on site, the system, the mainframe session, the mainframe application, or the user device application based on the user profile information;
• select one or more user credentials to allow the user to connect to, initiate, or use the single sign-on site, the non-single sign-on site, the system, the mainframe session, the mainframe application, or the user device application in response to a determination that the user is authorized;
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• sign-on to the single sign-on site, the non-single sign-on site, the system, the mainframe session, the mainframe application, or the user device application based on the selected one or more user credentials, wherein the instructions are capable of performing the receiving, the determining, the selecting, and the signing-on, pertaining to the single sign-on site, the non-single sign-on site, the system, the mainframe session, the mainframe application, and the user device application.