Patent ID: 9208298
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of logging a user into a browser executing within a client system, the method comprising: providing a username and password from a user of the client system to a Web-based service; authenticating the user of the client system to the Web-based service using the username and password; receiving, within the client system, a credential from a Web-based service responsive to the authentication of the user of the client system to the Web-based service, wherein the credential is one of a bearer token or a cookie; obtaining, by the browser, one or more browser settings corresponding with the credential; and logging the user into the browser executing within the client system using the credential that is received from the Web-based service, wherein logging the user into the browser includes activating the one or more browser settings to implement a user-specific browser environment customized for the user.