Patent ID: 8132019
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving at a user input device a user identification input at a data processing system comprising at least one hardware processor, the user identification input being in a form different from a particular form employed by a user-delineating architecture residing on said data processing system for managing user-based access; responsive to locating at least one user associated with the user identification input, releasing an initial credential derived from the user identification input received at the user input device; converting, by a conversion device separate from the user-delineating architecture, the initial credential into a final credential, the final credential being in the particular form employed by said user-delineating architecture; and providing the final credential to said user-delineated architecture; wherein said user-delineating architecture allows access to at least one component of said data processing system responsive to accepting the final credential.