Patent ID: 8793779

Claim:
A single sign-on method allowing a user to remote-access a remote location over a communication network using a single sign-on module in a device, comprising the steps of: providing the sign-on module in the device, said sign-in module including an interface with a smart-card; initiating a user request for remote access to the remote location by accepting a user authenticator provided by the user via a user interface on the device provided to the user by said sign-on module; authenticating the user using said sign-on module based on said user authenticator; activating said smart-card based on said authenticating; establishing a connection over said communication network with said remote location after activating said smart card; authenticating said user in said remote location using a different authenticator derived using said smart-card without requiring additional authentication information being input from the user; and granting the user access to said remote location in response to said accepting.