Patent ID: 8381271
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for providing remote user access to a secure financial application by deployment of single sign-on (SSO) software to client workstations, said method comprising: receiving a password for collaborating access to a secure server; navigating to the secure server using a web browser on a remote workstation; providing user authorisation details and the received password to the secure server; generating a subsequent password at the secure server upon validation of the user authorisation details and the received password; downloading an SSO deployment file to the remote workstation, said deployment file including the subsequent password; executing the SSO deployment file to install an SSO client application on the remote workstation; reading workstation settings and user credentials from a secure file or data store; and running the SSO client application on the workstation to employ the user credentials and the subsequent password to logon to the secure financial application.