Patent ID: 7269659

Claim:
A method of a client computer system transmitting a request to a server computer system through proxies that require different authentication data, the method comprising the following: an act of a client computer system dispatching a first request for a service; an act of the client computer system receiving a first authentication request from the first proxy; an act of the client computer system retrieving first authentication data for the first proxy; an act of the client computer system dispatching a second request for the service, the second request including the first authentication data; an act of the client computer system receiving a second authentication request from a second proxy, the first proxy having forwarded the second request for the service to the second proxy after using the first authentication data to authenticate the client computer system; an act of the client computer system retrieving second authentication data for the second proxy; and an act of the client computer system dispatching a third request for the service to the server computer system, the third request including the first authentication data and the second authentication data, the first proxy having forwarded the third request for the service to the second proxy after using the first authentication data to authenticate the client computer system, and the second proxy having forwarded the third request to the server computer system after using the second authentication data to authenticate the client computer system.