Patent ID: 8707410

Claim:
A computer implemented method for validating credentials comprising: receiving, using a first computer system, a request to access the first computer system; making a determination, using the first computer system, that a client does not have a valid session credential to access the first computer system, wherein the determination further comprises whether the client has a valid session with a second computer system; retrieving, using the first computer system, information from a session token held by the client based at least in part on the determination that the client does not have a valid session credential to access the first computer system, the information corresponding to the valid session credential for the second computer system; transmitting, using the first computer system, at least a portion of the information from the session token to the second computer system; and granting, using the first computer system, the client access to the first computer system based at least in part on the determination that the client has a valid session credential with the second computer system.