Patent ID: 8612745
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An authentication ticket processing apparatus comprising: an authentication ticket generator generating an authentication ticket including a valid period for a client in response to an authentication request; a supplier supplying relevant user information including user ID information in response to a decoding request from a server regarding an authentication ticket associated with a service request when the client is to receive a series of services from a plurality of servers that are independently operable; a memory storing and managing user information received from a user management database, the memory storing an expiration time period corresponding to a time period from receipt of information and providing access to the user management database, the expiration time period being loaded by the authentication ticket generator into the memory; a user authentication controller checking, via a processor and when there is a need to acquire user information in response to the decoding request from the server, whether user information corresponding to the decoding request is stored in the memory, and acquiring the corresponding user information from the memory when the corresponding user information is stored in the memory; a controller controlling data stored in the memory and deleting user information stored in the memory upon passage of the expiration time period, wherein