Patent ID: 9172753
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for optimizing authentication, the method comprising: receiving by an application management computing device a request from a client computing device which requires authentication; determining by the application management computing device when the request includes an authentication cookie; authenticating by the application management computing device the client computing device based on a comparison of a set of user network identification information obtained from the authentication cookie to another set of user network identification information obtained from the request, when the determining indicates that the request includes the authentication cookie; and sending by the application management computing device a challenge to the client computing device, authenticating the client computing device based on user credentials received in response to the challenge, obtaining the another set of user network identification information from the request, generating the authentication cookie based on the another set of user network identification information, and sending the authentication cookie to the client computing device, when the determining indicates that the request does not include the authentication cookie information.