Patent ID: 9544314
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for controlling access to selected computer resources using at least one of a transmission control protocol and a user datagram protocol, the method comprising: provisioning, with at least one associated database of at least one authentication server, identity data associated with at least one client computer device; storing, by the at least one authentication server in the at least one associated database, the identity data associated with the at least one client computer device; receiving, by at least one access server from the at least one client computer device, (i) the identity data associated with the at least one client computer device, and (ii) a request for the selected computer resources by the at least one client computer device; forwarding, by the at least one access server to the at least one authentication server, the identity data associated with the at least one client computer device and the request for the selected computer resources by the at least one client computer device; authenticating, by the at least one authentication server, the identity data associated with the at least one client computer device in response to the request for the selected computer resources by the at least one client computer device; authorizing, by at least one server associated with the at least one authentication server, the at least one client computer device to receive at least a portion of the selected computer resources; and permitting access, by the at least one authentication server, to the at least a portion of the selected computer resources (i) upon successfully authenticating the identity data associated with the at least one client computer device, and (ii) upon successfully authorizing the at least one client computer device.