US 7,272,639 B1
Internet server access control and monitoring systemsGeneral
US 7,272,639 B1
Internet server access control and monitoring systems
Tech Center:
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
Examiner:
Patrice Winder
Art Unit:
2145 Graphical User Interface and Document Processing
Agent:
Inventors:
THOMAS MARK LEVERGOOD; LAWRENCE C. STEWART; STEPHEN JEFFREY MORRIS; ANDREW C. PAYNE; GEORGE WINFIELD TREESE
Assignee:
Priority:
06/07/95
Filed:
01/12/98
Granted:
09/18/07
Expiration:
10/21/19
Abstract
This invention relates to methods for controlling and monitoring access to network servers. In particular, the process described in the invention includes client-server sessions over the Internet. In this environment, when the user attempts to access an access-controlled file, the server subjects the request to a secondary server which determines whether the client has an authorization or valid account. Upon such verification, the user is provided with a session identification which allows the user to access to the requested file as well as any other files within the present protection domain.