Patent ID: 8533329

Claim:
A mobile device configured to integrate authentication protocols in establishing a connection to a remote device, the mobile device comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the processor is configured to: in response to a successful user authentication at the mobile device such that access to use the mobile device has been granted, negotiate user authentication at the remote device by: retrieving network access user authentication data stored on the mobile device; generating additional authentication data at the mobile device; retrieving formatting data stored on the mobile device, wherein the formatting data specifies a format for a login string as being the generated additional authentication data followed by the stored network access user authentication data, or the generated additional authentication data preceded by the stored network access user authentication data; combining the stored network access user authentication data with the generated additional authentication data according to the format specified by the formatting data to produce the login string, prior to transmission of the user authentication data for the remote device to an authentication server; and transmitting, to the authentication server, the login string for user authentication at the remote device.