Patent ID: 7690025
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for accessing a network-based computer system including a server system coupled to a centralized database and at least one client system, said method comprising the steps of: entering at a client system a single sign on identification (SSO ID) and a single sign on password (SSO password) assigned to a user; receiving at the server system the user's SSO ID and SSO password; authenticating the SSO ID and SSO password by transmitting the SSO ID and SSO password to the database; displaying on the client system, after authenticating the entered SSO ID and SSO password, each computer system that the user is permissioned to access and each user identification (user ID) permissioned to access each corresponding computer system displayed on the client system; selecting a computer system to be accessed by the user along with a permissioned user ID; randomly generating a user password for accessing the selected computer system in direct response to the user selecting the computer system; automatically capturing the randomly generated user password within a password reset application, the password reset application configured to perform a password reset operation on the selected computer system; automatically triggering the password reset operation upon capturing the randomly generated user password within the password reset application, the password reset operation defines a reset password for the selected computer system as the randomly generated user password, wherein a new randomly generated user password is generated and a new password reset operation is performed each time the user at least one of accesses the selected computer system and accesses any other computer system the user is permissioned to access; transmitting the selected user ID and the randomly generated user password from the server system to the selected computer system without storing the randomly generated user password in the database; and accessing the selected computer system by the user using the selected ID and the randomly generated user password.