Patent ID: 9094398
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An article of manufacture comprising computer readable program code embodied thereon, which when executed by a computer, performs a method for controlling access to a network, the method comprising: receiving, by a gateway server, an access request from a client application running on a computing device for accessing a remote network, wherein the access request comprises a username and a user password as contextual information for use in authorizing access to the remote network, submitting, by the gateway server, an authorization query to a directory server, wherein the authorization query comprises the contextual information contained in the access request received from the client application to access the remote network; receiving, by the gateway server, an authorization result from the directory server in response to the authorization query, the authorization result being dynamically generated in real-time by the directory server based on a determination by the directory server as to the type of access request associated with the submitted authorization query, establishing, by the gateway server, a network connection between the client application and the remote network, when a successful authorization result is generated in response the first type of access request; and establishing, by the gateway server, a network connection between the client application and the remote network in accordance with the network connection rule, when a successful authorization result is generated in response the second type of access request.