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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2024
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Robert Jacob Linial Small, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method uses a web browser to receive an authentication request for an application from an authentication prompt of a client device. The method identifies an authentication protocol associated with web browser of the client device and use the authentication prompt to fetch a first challenge from an authentication service associated with the client device. The method uses the authentication prompt to communicate a subscribe to the authentication service and use a localhost to communicate to the application to provide the first challenge. In response to receiving the first challenge, the method uses one or more native Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to determine an assertion associated with the authentication request and the authentication protocol. The method validates the assertion associated with the authentication request. In response to determining the assertion is valid, the method approves the authentication request.