Patent ID: 9088414
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for a client computer for establishing identity through a web-based application, the computer-implemented method comprising computer-implemented operations for: allowing a user to log on to a web-based application provided by a server through a web browser executing on a client computer by allowing the user to enter user credentials, the web-based application having an authentication token; determining, by the client computer, whether the user has been logged off from the web-based application; responsive to determining that the user has been logged off from the web-based application, providing a new user interface through the web browser executing on the client computer without user initiation, the new user interface enabling the user to enter user credentials; receiving, by the client computer, the user credentials entered by the user through the new user interface; determining, by the client computer, whether the user credentials entered by the user through the new user interface match original user credentials entered when the user initially accessed the web-based application; if the new and original user credentials match, then transmitting, from the client computer to the server, the user credentials entered by the user through the new user interface and a request to validate the user based on whether the user credentials entered by the user through the new user interface are valid; if the new and original user credentials do not match, the client computer then displaying an error message.