Patent ID: 11893102
Assignee: INTUIT INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 16:
17. A computer-implemented method for user authentication, the method performed by an intelligent authentication gateway (IAG) and comprising:
receiving a non-browser based request for access to a first database, the request corresponding to a first user;
determining whether or not the non-browser based request for access is valid;
in response to determining that the non-browser based request for access is valid, determining whether or not the first user has successfully performed a single sign-on authentication using a browser-based interface within a predetermined time period of the request for access, the single sign-on authentication corresponding to a previous request for access to a second secured service associated with the first database;
in response to determining that the first user has not successfully performed the secondary authentication within the predetermined time period of the request for access, denying the first user access to the first secured service; and
in response to determining that the first user has successfully performed the single sign-on authentication within the predetermined time period of the request for access, providing the first user with access to the first database.