Patent №
US 6,205,480
Granted
2001-03-20
Filed 1998
Owner
PLATINUM TECHNOLOGY
+2 more
Lab
—
AI components
2
kr · hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09136682
A method and system for automatically authenticating a user to applications in a network environment. After an initial authentication procedure, the user's identity is mapped into a network credential which includes the user's role, and which is formed into a cookie. To gain access to an application requiring authentication, the cookie is provided to a script, and the information contained in the cookie is used to obtain authentication data required by the desired application.
AI classification
Ownership
PLATINUM TECHNOLOGY
assignment · 93980474
PLATINUM TECHNOLOGY IP, INC.
assignment · 96540491
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC.
assignment · 114840167
Assignors
BROADHURST, CHRISTOPHER JOHN CREIGHTON, BYRNE, BARRY ANTHONY, WHITE, CLIVE JOHN, PRESS, JAMES, MCMAHON, PIERS
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.