Method for requesting user access to an application

摘要

The invention relates to a method for requesting users access to an application by a network. The application is provided by an entity that is not part of the network. The invention allows a unified access to the application independent from the network used to access it. Therefore a network receiving an access request for the application from a user determines through which network the user attempted to access the application the first time. It then requires the identifier used by the network of first access and uses the same identifier towards an entity providing said application.

主权项

1. A method for requesting access for a user to an application in a further network, wherein an entity providing said application can be accessed only through a first network or a second network, the application being independent of the first and second network, and wherein the user attempted to access the application at least once through a first user equipment connected to the first network, the method comprising the following steps:
granting the user access to the second network via a second user equipment, receiving a request for accessing the application from the user, detecting by the second network that the user already contacted the application via the first user equipment connected to the first network, requesting by the second network from the first network an identifier that was previously generated by and previously used by the first network to identify the user towards the entity that provides the application, receiving the requested, generated identifier by the second network, and sending a request, by the second network, for accessing the application and the generated identifier received from the first network, towards the entity providing the application to identify the user to the entity that provides the application, the identifier being used by the first network is the same identifier used by the second network.