Dynamic creation of a user account in a client following authentication from a non-native server domain

Patent 6092199 Issued on July 18, 2000. Estimated Expiration Date:

July 7, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 888726 filed on 07/07/1997

Examiners

Primary: Beausoliel, Robert W. Jr.
Assistant: Elisca, Pierre E.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Labaw; Jeffrey S., Judson; David H.

International Class

G06F 013/00

Abstract

A user is authenticated at a client machine running a native operating system. Authentication may be effected from one or more non-native server domains including, without limitation, a Server Message Block (SMB) server domain, a DCE Cell, or some other non-Windows NT server domain. Following successful authentication, a user account is dynamically established or updated at the client by retrieving from the server user information and a set of "group" privileges associated with the authenticated user. A local representation of these privileges is then dynamically created on the client, after which the privileges are linked to the user account to make the user a member of the local representation. In this manner, the group information is saved on the local machine and the authenticated user is afforded appropriate access rights to the client and the server.