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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2010
Gerald Dolan, Melissa, TX (US);
John Couchot, McKinney, TX (US);
Robert Astle, Sherman, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
According to one aspect, there is provided a method of controlling access to a network resource. The method comprises receiving a request to grant a user access to the network resource, the request including a user identifier, determining whether the received user identifier is stored in a local user data store associated with the resource, and where it is not so determined determining, from user details stored in a master user data store, whether the user is authorized to access the resource, and where it is so determined obtaining a password, and storing the obtained password and user details in the local data store associated with the network resource.