Patent ID: 9225711
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computerized method for transferring an authenticated session between security contexts, the method comprising: establishing, on a mobile computing device, a first authenticated session between a native application and a server computing device via a communications network; requesting, by the mobile device, transfer of the first authenticated session to a browser application on the mobile device; receiving, by the mobile device, session transfer parameters from a first Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) authentication system associated with the first authenticated session after transfer is requested, the session transfer parameters including a web address and a SAML security identifier; directing, by the mobile device, the browser application to a second SAML authentication system using the session transfer parameters to initialize the browser application; validating, by the second SAML authentication system, the SAML security identifier to generate an authentication credential for the mobile device, comprising authenticating, by the mobile device, the browser application to the server computing device using the generated authentication credential; and redirecting, by the mobile device, the browser application to the server computing device to complete transfer of the first authenticated session.