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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2003
Sukhminder S. Grewal, New Haven, CT (US);
Ismail Pullwala, New Haven, CT (US);
Tamas Simon, Stamford, CT (US);
Sukhminder S. Grewal, New Haven, CT (US);
Ismail Pullwala, New Haven, CT (US);
Tamas Simon, Stamford, CT (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for accessing a network-based computer system utilizing a server system that is coupled to a centralized database and at least one client system. The method includes the steps of entering at a client system a single sign on identification (SSO ID) and a single sign on password (SSO password) assigned to a user, receiving at the server system the user's SSO ID and SSO password, authenticating the SSO ID and SSO password by transmitting the SSO ID and SSO password to the database, displaying on the client system after authenticating the entered SSO ID and SSO password each computer system that the user is permissioned to access, selecting a computer system to be accessed by the user, randomly generating a user password at the server system for accessing the selected computer system, transmitting a user identification (user ID) and the randomly generated user password from the server system to the selected computer system; and accessing the selected computer system by the user.