Patent ID: 11930002
Assignee: LIQUIT SOFTWARE B.V.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 10:
11. An authentication server comprising at least one hardware processor, the at least one hardware processor being configured to:
receive a request from a web browser running on a computing device, the request being received because the web browser has been directed to the authentication server by an application server,
determine whether a user can be authenticated based on the request,
transmit a response to the web browser if the user could not be authenticated based on the request, the response causing the web browser to contact a local device agent also running on the computing device, the local device agent comprising a local web server,
receive another request from the web browser, the another request comprising a token for authenticating the user which was obtained by the web browser from the local web server,
determine whether the user can be authenticated based on the token, and
transmit another response to the web browser to direct the web browser to the application server if the user could be authenticated based on the token, the another response comprising authentication information associated with the token.