A METHOD FOR SERVING A PLURALITY OF APPLICATIONS BY A SECURITY TOKEN

摘要

The present invention is directed to a method for serving a plurality of application programs by a security token, the method comprising the steps of: providing to each of said applications a credential for accessing a service provided by said security token, wherein the credential of one application differs from the credential of each of the other applications; upon requesting the service by one of the application programs, authenticating the user thereof; and upon positively authenticating the user by the token, providing the service to the application. The method may further comprise the step of: upon positively authenticating a user: providing to the application a marker; caching the marker; and upon requesting the service by the application program a subsequent time on the session, retrieving the cached user identity information, and presenting the information to the token. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the marker remains valid for a time period.