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Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 25, 2017
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Yi Zeng, Bothell, WA (US);

Yu Huang, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/34 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0853 (2013.01); G06F 21/34 (2013.01); H04L 63/0807 (2013.01); H04L 63/0884 (2013.01);
Abstract

A web application that is attempting to access a site hosted by a system that needs authentication based on a hardware-protected key is redirected to a local authority service on the machine. The local authority service interacts with a hardware key reader to obtain authentication information from a hardware key holder. The local authority service illustratively interacts with the system being accessed in order to obtain an operation result, based on the hardware-protected key obtained through the hardware key reader. The operation result is then posted to the web application, by the local authority service, for use in authenticating the user.


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