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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2008
Dean Jason Justus, Monroe, WA (US);
Josh D. Benaloh, Redmond, WA (US);
Nathan James Fink, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael Howard, Redmond, WA (US);
Daniel R. Simon, Seattle, WA (US);
Matthew W. Thomlinson, Seattle, WA (US);
Dean Jason Justus, Monroe, WA (US);
Josh D. Benaloh, Redmond, WA (US);
Nathan James Fink, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael Howard, Redmond, WA (US);
Daniel R. Simon, Seattle, WA (US);
Matthew W. Thomlinson, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system for providing a client's credentials to a computer program comprises a database remote from the client and a single signon server module. The single signon server module can receive a request for the client's credentials from the computer program, determine whether the client's credentials are stored in the database, and send the client's credentials from the database to the computer program in response to a determination that the client's credentials are stored in the database. The single signon server module can store the client's credentials in the database in response to a determination that the client's credentials are not stored in the database. The single signon server module can encrypt the client's credentials prior to storing the client's credentials in the database and can decrypt the client's credentials prior to sending the client's credentials to the computer program.