Single universal authentication system for internet services
First Claim
1. A process for an authentication and form-filling system that is transparent to users in a computer environment, comprising the steps of:
- providing a trusted server;
receiving an authentication token from a third party site;
authenticating said third party site as a partner site; and
filling in forms from said third party site with a user'"'"'s information if said third party site is a partner.
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Abstract
A single universal authentication system for Internet services provides a trusted server that is activated when a user clicks on the login or helper button on a third party'"'"'s site, which submits a request to the trusted server. The client properly identifies itself to the trusted server through pre-authorization techniques such as cookies, logging on, or going through the AOL service wherein the service knows the user'"'"'s identity. The trusted server sends a user/site specific authentication token to the third party, initiating the authentication process with the third party which checks to see that the authentication token is valid and sends its own authentication token back to the trusted server. The trusted server verifies from its partner database that the third party'"'"'s authentication token is valid. If it is valid, then the trusted server fills in the third party'"'"'s form using the information from the user database and filtering the information through a filter that contains the user preferences concerning his personal information and then returns the form to the third party. The trusted server can fill in fields of a form from an unknown third party that the user feels are not threats to his security. The user is then queried as to whether the information can be released. The filter tells the system which information that the user feels is a low security threat.
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33 Claims
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1. A process for an authentication and form-filling system that is transparent to users in a computer environment, comprising the steps of:
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providing a trusted server;
receiving an authentication token from a third party site;
authenticating said third party site as a partner site; and
filling in forms from said third party site with a user'"'"'s information if said third party site is a partner. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus for an authentication and form-filling system that is transparent to users in a computer environment, comprising:
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a trusted server;
a module for receiving an authentication token from a third party site;
a module for authenticating said third party site as a partner site; and
a module for filling in forms from said third party site with a user'"'"'s information if said third party site is a partner. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A program storage medium readable by a computer, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform method steps for an authentication and form-filling system that is transparent to users in a computer environment, comprising the steps of:
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providing a trusted server;
receiving an authentication token from a third party site;
authenticating said third party site as a partner site; and
filling in forms from said third party site with a user'"'"'s information if said third party site is a partner. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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