Alfred A Alegre

US Patent:

6199113, Mar 6, 2001

Filed:

Apr 15, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/060480

Inventors:

Alfred A. Alegre - Belmont CA
Rong Q. Sha - Milpitas CA
William R. Soley - Campbell CA

Assignee:

Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

G06F 1300

US Classification:

709229

Abstract:

A session key is established for accessing a trusted network from a browser. An authentication process receives identification information from a user at the browser, and authenticates the user by checking the identification information against an authentication database. If the authentication database authenticates the user, a session key is created and stored at the browser. If the user is authenticated, a user profile defining access rights for the user is also retrieved. The user is then presented with access options based on the access rights defined in the user profile. In response to a user selection from the access page, the browser forwards an information request to the trusted network. The request includes a session key. A speaker object processes the information request and session key to form a network request packet.