Patent ID: 8544069

Claim:
A computer implemented method for implementing user access to a remote resource, comprising: receiving, at a first computer, a request from a user computing device through a first network to access the remote resource, wherein the remote resource resides on a second computer accessible by the first computer through a second network; performing, at the first computer, automatic logon for the user using stored user credentials, performing automatic logon comprising: identifying or creating a new session between the first computer and the second computer, and causing the user to be authenticated or authorized to the second computer via the new session utilizing an aggregation process, causing the user to be authenticated or authorized comprising: invoking the aggregation process on the first computer, using the aggregation process to retrieve or identify a user credential stored and accessible by the first computer, and transmitting the user credential to the second computer for authenticating or authorizing the user on the second computer, wherein the stored user credentials authenticate or authorize the user to access the remote resource on the second computer when the user uses the stored user credentials to separately log onto the second computer, the new session between the first computer and the second computer through the second network is identified or created without using a single-sign-on mechanism in which one or more tickets are passed between the first computer and the second computer to service the remote resource to the user, and authentication of the user on the first computer grants the user access to the remote resource on the second computer; and enabling, by the first computer, the user to access the remote resource by using the new session.