"AUTHENTICATING A CLIENT USING LINKED AUTHENTICATION CREDENTIALS"

Application 1642/DELNP/2007 published 2007-08-03, filed 2007-03-01
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.

Applicant

1)AOL LLC
:22000 AOL WAY DULLES, VA 20166, U.S.A. U.S.A.

Inventor

1)YAN CHENG 2)ZHIHONG ZHANG

International Info

Classification: H04L 9/32
Publication Number: WO 2006/026498
Application Date: 2005-08-29

Priority Information

60/605,574 U.S.A. 2004-08-31