Patent ID: 8584221

Claim:
A domain server comprising: a processor; a local area network connection to a plurality of client devices; a wide area network connection to a cloud authentication mechanism; a database comprising user identification and passwords; a domain authentication mechanism configured to perform a method comprising: receiving a first authentication request from a first client device, said authentication request comprising a first user identification and a first password; transmitting said first user identification and said first password to said cloud authentication mechanism; receiving a first acceptance token from said cloud authentication mechanism; based on said first acceptance token, storing said first user identification and said first password in said database; transmitting a second acceptance token to said first client device receiving a second authentication request from a second client device, said second authentication request comprising said first user identification and said first password; looking up said first user identification and said first password in said database and determining that said first user identification and said first password are found in said database; and transmitting a third acceptance token to said second client device without performing a cloud authentication.