Patent ID: 9692745
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. In a computing environment, a method of facilitating single sign-on on a device having sandboxed applications, the method comprising: identifying a plurality of associated applications, wherein at least a first application of the associated applications is in a different sandbox security container than at least a second application of the associated applications, and wherein each application of the plurality of associated applications comprises authentication information for obtaining services from one or more service providers; selecting a primary application from among the plurality of associated applications based on one or more known criteria; storing an authentication state at the primary application, wherein the authentication state comprises an authoritative set of state data for each of the plurality of associated applications; receiving an authentication request at a non-primary application within the plurality of associated applications; and servicing the authentication request via the primary application, wherein authentication information for the non-primary application is derived from the authentication state stored at the primary application.