Patent ID: 6606663
Filing Date: 2003-08-12
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A method of caching credential information with a proxy server, said method comprising:proxying to a set of client devices on a wireless network using a proxy server, a set of services on a wireline network; enabling caching of credentials at a location accessible by the proxy server using a wireless user agent; creating a credential cache accessible by said proxy server; intercepting a first request to access a resource at a specified network locator on the wireline network using said proxy server, the first request transmitted by a client device and destined for a resource in said wireline network, the first request including a credential; storing said credential in a credential entry in said credential cache if said credential is not present in the cache; and in response to receiving a subsequent request from the client device to access the resource on the wireline network: accessing the credential stored in the credential cache; and sending the accessed credential for authentication to the resource with the subsequent request, such that the client device is not required to send the credential over the wireless network for the subsequent request to be satisfied.