Patent ID: 8346967
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for managing redirection, said method comprising: using, by at least one processor of a computer system, a first servlet of a first website to redirect a browser to a second website for authentication of a user, wherein the first website comprises the first servlet having a first Universal Resource Locator (URL), a second servlet having a second URL, and a third servlet having a third URL; after said using the first servlet of the first website to redirect the browser to the second website, and after the second website has authenticated the user based on a username of the user and password received by the second website from the user in response to the browser having been redirected to the second website, and after the second website has redirected the browser to the third servlet in response to which a determination is made that the second URL is different from the third URL, said at least one processor receiving at the third servlet an authentication key from the second website; and said at least one processor storing at the third servlet the received authentication key for later use by the second servlet to retrieve data associated with the second website.