Patent ID: 6505238
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method for remote access to a user's client terminal environment on a network from a remote data processing system, said method comprising the steps of:organizing a network into a directory tree hierarchical structure utilizing a directory access protocol, wherein said hierarchical structure comprises a lower level having at least one client terminal and associated client terminal environment with localized software applications, wherein said organizing step utilizes a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) and includes creating a hierarchical address structure differentiated by one or more levels of addresses from among organization name, geographic location, department, and individual client terminal having a user identification (userid) and user password; opening, in response to a remote user input from a web browser, a particular level of said hierarchical structure of said network corresponding to an amount of address and credential information entered by said remote user input, wherein said credential information includes a user identification (userid) and user password; checking said userid and password against a list of userids located within said directory tree hierarchical structure for a match of said credential information, wherein said check is completed on a particular server when sufficient credential information is provided by said user to identify with which server within the hierarchy said userid is affiliated; simulating said user client terminal environment only when sad used and password matches those found in said directory tree hierarchical structure; and providing said remote user with access to said user's client terminal environment in response to an input by said remote user of a lower level credential information on said web browser, wherein said lower level credential information provides authorized access to said client terminal environment of a particular user via said directory access protocol.