Managing transfers of information in a communications network
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1. A method of managing authentication credentials for access to a plurality of sources of network-based information, comprising:
- receiving and storing, by an authentication management server, authentication credentials for each of the plurality of sources of network-based information in a table of pairs such that each air represents a subscription service'"'"'s network server and corresponding credentials for the subscription service;
forwarding, by the authentication management server, an access request to a network server, wherein the network server is one of the plurality of sources of network-based information;
receiving, by the authentication management server, a request for authentication from the network server, wherein the request for authentication is related to the access request forwarded to the network server; and
in response to the request for authentication, retrieving, by the authentication management server, one of the stored authentication credentials that is specific to the network server and transmitting the retrieved authentication credentials to the network server, wherein the corresponding credentials are assigned to a user upon registration with the subscription service.
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Abstract
Aspects of the invention include systems and methods for implementing security protocols. A server translates links from a protocol incompatible with a browser to a protocol compatible with the browser and back-translates the link. Another example aspect of the invention features systems and methods for managing authenticating credentials of a user. A server manages a user'"'"'s authenticating credentials automatically on behalf of the user.
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1. A method of managing authentication credentials for access to a plurality of sources of network-based information, comprising:
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receiving and storing, by an authentication management server, authentication credentials for each of the plurality of sources of network-based information in a table of pairs such that each air represents a subscription service'"'"'s network server and corresponding credentials for the subscription service; forwarding, by the authentication management server, an access request to a network server, wherein the network server is one of the plurality of sources of network-based information; receiving, by the authentication management server, a request for authentication from the network server, wherein the request for authentication is related to the access request forwarded to the network server; and in response to the request for authentication, retrieving, by the authentication management server, one of the stored authentication credentials that is specific to the network server and transmitting the retrieved authentication credentials to the network server, wherein the corresponding credentials are assigned to a user upon registration with the subscription service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for managing authentication credentials for access to a plurality of sources of network-based information, comprising:
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a non-transitory computer-readable medium; a computing device configured to access the computer-readable medium; an authentication table stored in the computer-readable medium, the authentication table being configured to store authentication credentials for each of the plurality of sources of network-based information in a table of pairs such that each pair represents a subscription service'"'"'s network server and corresponding credentials for the subscription service; an authentication management server, implemented the computing device, configured to forward an access request to a network server and to receive a request for authentication from the network server, wherein the request for authentication is related to the access request forwarded to the network server, and wherein the network server is one of the plurality of sources of network-based information; and the authentication management server being further configured to access the authentication table, in response to the request for authentication, to retriever one of the stored authentication credentials that is specific to the network server and transmit the retrieved authentication credentials to the network server, wherein the corresponding credentials are assigned to a user upon registration with the subscription service. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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