Patent ID: 7617523
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for providing a user secure access to a plurality of applications that run on one or more computers of a plurality of computers, the computer-implemented method comprising: using a corresponding computer-implemented authentication agent on each computer of said plurality of computers, wherein said corresponding computer-implemented authentication agents collaborate with each other for automating authentication to access any application of said plurality of applications running on any of said one or more computers; securely logging onto a local computer-implemented authentication agent on a local computer associated with said user, wherein said local computer-implemented authentication agent is one of said corresponding computer-implemented authentication agents; securely logging onto a remote computer-implemented authentication agent corresponding to a remote computer, wherein said remote computer-implemented authentication agent is one of said corresponding computer-implemented authentication agents; receiving an update to authentication information associated with one of the local computer-implemented authentication agent or the remote computer-implemented authentication agent; and synchronizing the update to the authentication information with the other of the local computer-implemented authentication agent or the remote computer implemented authentication agent such that the authentication information associated with the local computer-implemented authentication agent and the remote computer-implemented authentication agent are maintained consistent.