Systems, devices, methods and computer program products for establishing network connections between service providers and applications that run natively on devices

摘要

A login session server is configured to establish a communications session between an application that runs natively on a device and a service that is secured by a web services gateway by supporting a temporary login session socket between the device and the login session server and by passing a login session token to the device over the temporary login session socket. The temporary login session socket can be used to verify that the application that runs natively on the device is authorized to use the services of the service provider. Related systems, devices, methods and computer program products are disclosed.

主权项

1. A communications method for establishing a communications session between an application that runs natively on a computing device and a service provided by a web services gateway, the communications method comprising:
supporting, by the computing device, a temporary login session socket between the computing device and a login session server; receiving, by the computing device, a login session token from the login session server, the login session token indicating that the application that runs natively on the computing device is verified to access the service provided by the web services gateway; accepting, by the computing device, a userid and a password for the service; launching, by the computing device, a web browser; communicating, from the computing device to the web services gateway via the web browser, the userid and the password for the service along with the login session token that indicates that the application that runs natively on the computing device is verified to access the service; and establishing, by the computing device, the communications session between the application and the service in response to a verification by the web services gateway of the userid and the password, so that the application that runs natively on the computing device is allowed to access the service from the web services gateway utilizing the web browser.