Patent ID: 8434137
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system comprising a network device (NSC), a host computer (HOST) and a remote server (SRV), wherein the host computer (HOST) and the network device (NSC) are connectable through a first network, wherein the host computer (HOST) and the remote server (SRV) are connectable through the Internet, wherein the network device (NSC) comprises a web server accessible from the host computer (HOST), wherein the network device (NSC) is set to store a user's authentication credential, wherein the host computer (HOST) is set to display a web page produced by the remote server (SRV) to the user in a first browser session, the system further comprising: a. the remote server (SRV) is set to include a login link in said web page, the login link comprising a pointer that when resolved by a server assigned to resolve network addresses for the host is resolved into a network address that points to said web server on the network device (NSC) storing the user's authentication credentials; b. said host computer (HOST) is set to, in response to the user clicking on said login link, creating a second browser session connected to the network device (NSC) including a session ID for the first browser session; c. said web server on the network device (NSC) is set to display a login page to the user on the host computer (HOST) in the second browser session, in order to authenticate the user; and d. upon authentication of the user, the network device (NSC) is set to send the user's authentication credential to the remote server (SRV) in order to authenticate the user to the remote server (SRV) including the session ID for the first browser session thereby enabling the remote server (SRV) to link the authentication of the user by the network device (NSC) to the browser session with the user in the first browser session.