Patent ID: 8266678
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for determining a first username, comprising: obtaining a first digital certificate from a first computer application requesting a service of creating a client channel connection; authenticating the first digital certificate of the first computer application; after authenticating the first digital certificate, retrieving the first username from the first digital certificate that is recognized by a second computer application performing the service as a registered user of the second computer application, wherein the first digital certificate independently identifies the first username of the registered user; automatically logging the registered user into the second computer application as the first username retrieved from the first digital certificate; and dynamically creating the channel connection based on the first username between the first computer application and the second computer application in response to the first digital certificate being authenticated and receiving the first username from the first digital certificate, wherein the first username is stored in the first digital certificate as part of a common name of the first digital certificate, the common name having a plurality of components separated by a respective delimiter.