Automatic network user identification
First Claim
1. A method for automatically acquiring the identity of an user requesting service from a service provider, said method comprising:
- said service provider sending an identification request to a network access provider (NAP), said NAP comprising a NAP identification (ID) module and an access system in communication with said NAP identification module; and
said NAP ID module extracting information associated with said user, verifying the network address of said user and forwarding said information associated with said user to said service provider.
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Abstract
A system and a method for automatically acquiring the identity of a user requesting service from a service provider is provided. The method includes the service provider sending an identification request to a network access provider (NAP), the NAP including a NAP identification module and an access system in communication with the NAP identification module and the NAP ID module extracting information associated with the user, verifying the network address of the user and forwarding the information associated with the user to the service provider. The NAP identification module includes a controller and an address extractor in communication with the controller.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for automatically acquiring the identity of an user requesting service from a service provider, said method comprising:
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said service provider sending an identification request to a network access provider (NAP), said NAP comprising a NAP identification (ID) module and an access system in communication with said NAP identification module; and
said NAP ID module extracting information associated with said user, verifying the network address of said user and forwarding said information associated with said user to said service provider. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for automatically identifying an user requesting service from a service provider, said method comprising:
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said service provider determining the veracity of the network address reported by the user;
if said network address is determined to be trusted, said service provider including said network address in an identification request and sending said identification request to a network access provider (NAP), said NAP comprising a NAP identification module; and
providing service in accordance with said service request;
orif the network address is determined not to be trusted;
said service provider sending an identification request to a network access provider (NAP) for verifying the network address of said user; and
forwarding said information associated with said user to said service provider. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for automatically acquiring the identity of the user of an anonymous network, said system comprising:
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a service provider in communication with said user; and
at least one network access provider (NAP) in communication with said service provider and said user;
said at least one NAP comprising;
a NAP identification module comprising;
a controller; and
an address extractor in communication with said controller; and
an access system in communication with said address extractor. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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