Patent ID: 9483627
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a proxy server computer, an authentication request from a mobile user device for access to a web application hosted in a cloud, wherein the authentication request comprises initial user credentials that are embedded in the mobile user device, and wherein the authentication request to the web application is routed to the proxy server computer via a Virtual Private Network (VPN) in view of a configuration profile of the mobile user device indicating that requests from a specific domain be routed to the proxy server computer; determining that the authentication request is a candidate for modification based on the initial user credentials in the authentication request; modifying, by the proxy server computer, the authentication request to include replacement user credentials that correspond to the initial user credentials; and transmitting the modified authentication request to the web application in the cloud, wherein the web application determines whether the modified authentication request is valid based on the replacement user credentials.