Patent ID: 8893239
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: maintaining, on a non-transitory storage medium, user information associated with a user account for a service; receiving, from a user device, a request to authenticate the user device to the service, wherein the request to authenticate the user device to the service comprises verification information, wherein the verification information comprises a username and a password; sending, based on the verification information, authentication information to the user device, wherein the authentication information comprises a token; receiving a request, from the user device, to access the service, wherein the request to access the service comprises the authentication information; determining that the authentication information is no longer valid; checking a validity of the verification information; sending, in response to determining that the verification information is valid, new authentication information to the user device; authenticating, based on the new authentication information, the user device for access to the service; and providing, to the user device, access to the service.