Patent ID: 7565538
Filing Date: 2009-07-21
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of managing a process flow on a data communication network, said method comprising: receiving, at an authentication server, a web request from a user via a client associated therewith, said authentication server and said client being coupled to the data communication network, said web request initiating the process flow on the data communication network; in response to receiving the web request, generating, at the authentication server, secured flow data based on the web request received at the authentication server, said flow data comprising an identifier for the process flow and a position within the process flow; providing a response to the web request from the authentication server to the client via the data communication network, said response containing the flow data, wherein the response is redirected to a web server coupled to the data communication network, and wherein the web server retrieves the flow data and causes a user interface associated with the web request to be rendered at the client in response thereto; receiving, at the authentication server, a user post from the client, said user post being responsive to the user interface and containing the flow data and user-supplied information, wherein the user post is redirected from the web server to the authentication server; and evaluating, at the authentication server, the flow data according to flow validation rules to verify the web request or to determine an error when the web request is not verified for the identified position within the process flow, wherein the process flow is redirected to a predetermined entry point in the process flow when the web request is not verified for the identified position within the process flow based on the error.