Patent ID: 9531714
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: transmitting, by a computing device to an authentication device via a network, a request to authenticate a client device application via a forms login protocol; retrieving, by the computing device from the authentication device via the network, an authentication challenge and a first credential form requesting a first authentication credential, wherein the first credential form is generated, by an extension device connected to the authentication device, based on information received from an authentication service associated with the client device application, the extension device being configured with one or more authentication protocols of the authentication service associated with the client device application; transmitting, by the computing device to the client device application via the network, the first credential form and the authentication challenge; receiving, by the computing device from the client device application via the network, the first authentication credential and a response to the authentication challenge; transmitting, by the computing device to the authentication service via the extension device, the first authentication credential and the response to the authentication challenge; and transmitting, by the computing device via the network and in response to a successful validation of the first authentication credential and a successful response to the authentication challenge, an approval of the request made by the client device application to authenticate via the forms login protocol.