Patent ID: 8533789
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of authenticating a user comprising: receiving, at a portal server, an indication that a portal user wants to access a docbase; and using a processor on the portal server to log in to the docbase on behalf of the portal user, including by: wherein using the processor on the portal server to log in to the docbase on behalf of the portal user further includes: accessing a collection of one or more user-specific credentials associated with the portal user to determine if the collection includes a user-specific credential associated with the docbase; and in the event the collection includes a user-specific credential associated with the docbase, sending, from the portal sever to the docbase, the docbase username and the user-specific credential from the collection, wherein sending the docbase username and the non-user-specific credential is performed in the event the collection does not include a user-specific credential associated with the docbase.