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Aggregator technology without usernames and passwords

  • US 10,623,397 B2
  • Filed: 05/18/2018
  • Issued: 04/14/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing access of web applications over a network to a remote user computer, the method comprising:

  • providing access to an aggregator application from the remote computer via a social login identity provider;

    receiving a username associated with the social login identity provider at a lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) server sent from a data source associated with the aggregator application over the Internet, the LDAP server comprising a microprocessor and a memory that stores the user'"'"'s informational data;

    identifying the stored user'"'"'s informational data by comparing the received username to a private username and/or private password previously stored for said user but is inaccessible to said user;

    generating a challenge question having an associated answer, request for biometric or social information from the user, or a request for other relevant stored data about the user, each of which indicates the identity of the user;

    formatting the challenge or requests into data blocks according to a format associated with said social login identity provider; and

    transmitting the formatted challenge or requests over a communication channel to the remote computer intended for the user to answer,wherein when the user provides a correct response to the challenge or requests, the LDAP server causing the aggregator application, on the remote computer, to activate, display, and provide access to all of the web applications on which the user has accounts;

    wherein the LDAP server causes the aggregator application to activate and display on the remote computer also web applications on which the user does not have accounts and subsequently are not enabled and wherein the aggregator application is configured to display a visual indicator to indicate that the applications do not have an account for the user and subsequently are not enabled.

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