Method for accessing the internet

• US 20020099832A1
• Filed: 01/22/2001
• Published: 07/25/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tal Yaegerman, Uri Alon, Yaron Reshef, Yehoshua Horesh
• Original Assignee: Tal Yaegerman, Uri Alon, Yaron Reshef, Yehoshua Horesh
• Inventors: Yaegerman, Tal, Horesh, Yehoshua, Alon, Uri, Reshef, Yaron
• Application Number:
  US09/765,673
• Publication Number:
  US 20020099832A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/228
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0281 Proxies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0421 Anonymous communication, i.e. the party's identifiers are hidden from the other party or parties, e.g. using an anonymizer
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

The present invention concerns a method for accessing a computerized network suck as the Internet, wherein the user can choose whether to browse the Internet under his actual user name or under a user alias.

Claims

1. A method for enabling a user communication device to access a computerized network, through a provider of a computerized network connecting service, the method comprising:

(i) displaying a graphical user interface window on a display of the user communication device, the interface window comprising at least an input name box for the entry of identification user name, and an input password box for the entry of a user password;

(ii) entering in said input password box a user password;

(iii) entering in said input name box either an actual user name or a user alias;

(iv) connecting to the computerized network through the provider

thereby enabling the user communication device to browse the computerized network either under the actual user name or anonymously under the user alias.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the computerized network is the Internet.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the provider is an Internet Service Provider (ISP).

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the user communication device is a user computer having a browser software for navigation through the Internet

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the user alias is a pre-agreed-upon alias.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the user creates the alias dynamically on the fly.

7. A method of claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface window comprises an input password box for the entry of a user password and comprises two input name boxes:

one for the entry of an actual user name and one for the entry of the user alias.

8. A method according to claim 7, wherein the graphical user interface comprises two connection modules, each connection module associated with one of the input name boxes.

15. The method of claim 7 wherein the user creates the alias dynamically on the fly.

9. A method for enabling a user communication device selective access to computerized network trough a provider of a computerized network connecting service, the method comprising:

(i) receiving user identification data from user communication device;

(ii) proofing the user identification data;

(iii) checking whether said identification data represent an actual user name or a user alias;

(iv) providing the user communication device with anonymous browsing if said user alias is used or providing the user communication device named browsing of the computerized network if said actual user name is used.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the user identification data include the user identification name and password.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the computerized network is the Internet.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the provider is an Internet Service Provider (ISP).

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the user communication device is a user computer having a browser software for navigation through the Internet.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the user alias is a pre-agreed-upon alias.

18. The computer program product of claim 17 for use in a user communication device.

16. A program storage device readable by a user communication device, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the device to perform method steps for enabling said user communication device to access a computerized network through a provider of a computerized network connecting service, the method comprising:

(i) displaying a graphical user interface window on a display of the user communication device, the interface window comprising at least an input name box for the entry of identification user name, and an input password box for the entry of a user password;

(v) entering in said input password box a user password;

(vi) entering in said input name box either an actual user name or a user alias;

(vii) connecting to the computerized network through the provider thereby enabling the user communication device to browse the computerized network either under the actual user name or anonymously under the user alias.

17. A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for enabling a user communication device to access a computerized network through a provider of a computerized network connecting service, the computer program product comprising:

(i) computer readable program code for causing the computer to display a graphical user interface window on a display of the user communication device, the interface window comprising at least an input name box for the entry of identification user name, and an input password box for the entry of a user password;

(ii) computer readable program code for causing the computer to entering in said input password box a user password;

(iii) computer readable program code for causing the computer to entering in said input name box either an actual user name or a user alias;

(iv) computer readable program code for causing the computer to connect to the computerized network through the provider

thereby enabling the user communication device to browse the computerized network either under the actual user name or anonymously under the user alias.

19. A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for enabling a user communication device selective access to computerized network through a provider of a computerized network connecting service, the method comprising:

(i) receiving user identification data from user communication device;

(ii) proofing the user identification data;

(iii) checking whether said identification data represent the actual user name or the user alias;

(iv) providing the user communication device with anonymous browsing if said user alias is used or providing the user communication device named browsing of the computerized network if said actual user name is used.

20. A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for enabling a user communication device selective access to computerized network through a provider of a computerized network connecting service, the computer program product comprising:

(i) computer readable program code for causing the computer to receive user identification data from user communication device;

(ii) computer readable program code for causing the computer to proofing the user identification data;

(iii) computer readable program code for causing the computer to checking whether said identification data represent the actual user name or the user alias;

(iv) computer readable program code for causing the computer to providing the user communication device with anonymous browsing if alias user name was entered or named browsing of the computerized network if an actual user name was entered.

21. The computer program product of claim 20 for use in a proxy of said provider.