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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2004
Applicants:
Yan Cheng, Great Falls, VA (US);
Zhihong Zhang, Great Falls, VA (US);
Inventors:
Yan Cheng, Great Falls, VA (US);
Zhihong Zhang, Great Falls, VA (US);
Assignee:
AOL LLC, Dulles, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Techniques are provided for improving security in a single-sign-on context by providing, to a user's client system, two linked authentication credentials in separate logical communication sessions and requiring that both credentials be presented to a host system. Only after presentation of both credentials is the user authenticated and permitted to access applications on the host system.