Patent ID: 7313816
Filing Date: 2007-12-25
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of authenticating a user having a user privilege server proxy for a network system having a privilege server, a head end server and a web adapter comprising: presenting user information to the web adapter from the user privilege server proxy; presenting the user information to the head end server; presenting the user information to the privilege server from the head end server; validating the user in response to the user information; when a user is validated, generating a ticket for the user at the privilege server; providing the ticket to the user privilege server proxy through the head end server; forming a service access request token from the ticket and the user information; sending the token from the user to the privilege server; validating the user in response to the token; forming a packet having a sequence number, session key and the ticket at the privilege sewer; providing the packet to the head-end server;