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Method and system for user and group authentication with pseudo-anonymity over a public network

  • US 20030014631A1
  • Filed: 07/16/2001
  • Published: 01/16/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for a user of a computer to access content anonymously from a third party content provider computer comprising:

  • registering a persona having a persona identifier with a persona server to generate an access record;

    requesting access to content from the content provider using the persona identifier;

    the content provider generating a challenge message including, at least in part, the persona identifier and data uniquely verifiable by the content provider, and submitting the challenge message to the persona server;

    the persona server associating the persona identifier with the access record and generating an authentication object including the data uniquely verifiable by the content provider enveloped in a manner extractable only by an authorized user of the persona;

    the user computer receiving the authentication object;

    the user computer retrieving data from the access record;

    the user computer extracting the data uniquely verifiable by the content provider using the data from the access record; and

    the user computer submitting the extracted data to the content provider for authentication.

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