Encryption-based session establishment

US8949596B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8949596-B2
Application numberUS-201213545369-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJul 10, 2012
Priority dateJul 10, 2012
Publication dateFeb 3, 2015
Grant dateFeb 3, 2015

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A first server is configured to receive a first token from a user device, determine whether the first token is valid, request the user device to provide a set of credentials to a second server, based on determining that the first token is invalid, and receive a first response from the user device. The first response may include information identifying whether the user device is authenticated to communicate with the first server. The first server is further configured to send the first response to a third server. The third server may generate a second response to indicate authentication of the user device to communicate with the first server. The first server is further configured to receive the second response from the third server, generate a second token, based on receiving the second response, and send the second token to the user device.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method comprising: receiving, by a first server, a first token from a user device, the first token including information to authenticate the user device to communicate with the first server; determining, by the first server, that the first token is invalid; sending, by the first server, a login instruction to the user device, responsive to the determining that the first token is invalid, the login instruction requesting the user device to provide a…

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What does patent US8949596B2 cover?
A first server is configured to receive a first token from a user device, determine whether the first token is valid, request the user device to provide a set of credentials to a second server, based on determining that the first token is invalid, and receive a first response from the user device. The first response may include information identifying whether the user device is authenticated to…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Yin Fenglin, Hao Jianxiu, Jin Zhiying, and 1 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04L63/126. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Feb 03 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).