Web based applications single sign on system and method

摘要

In an enterprise server system having a server, a web-base applications single sign-on method and system. The single sign-on system includes logic for assigning and retrieving uniquely identifying tokens that are assigned to a user attempting to access one of many applications in the server. The token is assigned after the user has successfully logged into the server. The assigned token enables the user to access different applications in the server without having to authenticate every time the user goes from one application to the other. In one embodiment of the present invention, the single sign-on system includes a token that provides a listening mechanism for the applications that need to be notified when a token expires in order to deny access to the particular user identified with the expired token.