Patent ID: 7975287

Claim:
A method for a wireless device that is authenticated to communicate with a first network to control access by said wireless device to a restricted resource provided through a private network that is accessible from said first network, said method comprising: providing a wireless connection to said first network for said wireless device after authenticating said wireless device to said first network; providing a graphical user interface (GUI) generated on a display of said wireless device, said GUI providing in one screen a first icon relating to a resource and a second icon relating to an authentication status of said wireless device; upon activation of said first icon, generating a request for said resource; and evaluating whether said resource is related to said restricted resource in said private network and if so intercepting said request and redirecting said request to an authentication server; at said authentication server, if said wireless device has not been authenticated to access said restricted resource, then initiating an authentication process to request a user account and a password from said wireless device, said authentication process utilizing a two-factor authentication technique to authenticate said wireless device; processing an input stream provided from said wireless device in response to said authentication process, said input stream comprising account data and a password; comparing said input stream against valid account data associated with said restricted resource; and if said input stream matches said valid account data, authenticating access for said wireless device to said restricted resource and automatically directing said wireless device to said restricted resource in said private network; and if said wireless device previously had been authenticated to access said restricted resource, automatically providing said wireless device with access to said restricted resource; and if said request relates to a non-restricted resource accessible from said first network, then automatically providing said wireless device with access to said non-restricted resource, wherein said restricted resource relates to an HTML page and is provided through an internet point-to-point protocol layer; said restricted resource is provided in said internet point-to-point protocol layer by said private network; and said authentication server provides a message to said wireless device used to update said one screen to indicate through said second icon whether said wireless device has been authenticated to access said restricted resource.