Seamless and authenticated transfer of a user from an e-business website to an affiliated e-business website
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1. A method, comprising:
- registering a user from a browser, at a main web site;
generating, at the main web site, a linking page, containing a link to an affiliated web site;
advising the user about an available service offered at the affiliated web site, which can be reached through the link;
choosing, by the user, to connect to the affilated web site for the available service through activating the link on the linking page;
issuing, by the main web site, upon on the link being activated, a ticket, to the user, encoded with different kinds of information related to the user;
requesting, by the user, the available service at the affiliated web site using the ticket;
verifying, at the affiliated web site, the ticket transferred from the main web site; and
providing the available service to the user if the verifying the ticket is successful.
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Abstract
An arrangement is provided for a seamless and authenticated transfer of a user from a main web site to an affiliated web site. A main web site may, after a user registers at the main web site, advise the user about an available service offered at an affiliated web site via a linking page with a ticket, which contains information related to the user. When the user chooses to connect to the available service at the affiliated web site, the ticket is seamlessly sent to the affiliated web site and is used to automatically verify the user before the affiliated web site provides the available service to the user.
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1. A method, comprising:
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registering a user from a browser, at a main web site;
generating, at the main web site, a linking page, containing a link to an affiliated web site;
advising the user about an available service offered at the affiliated web site, which can be reached through the link;
choosing, by the user, to connect to the affilated web site for the available service through activating the link on the linking page;
issuing, by the main web site, upon on the link being activated, a ticket, to the user, encoded with different kinds of information related to the user;
requesting, by the user, the available service at the affiliated web site using the ticket;
verifying, at the affiliated web site, the ticket transferred from the main web site; and
providing the available service to the user if the verifying the ticket is successful. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method for a main web site, comprising:
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receiving a request from a user through a bowser;
authenticating the user based on information stored at the main web site;
generating, at the main web site, a linking page, containing a link to an affiliated web site;
advising, through the linking page, the user about an available service offered at the affiliated web site, which can be reached through the link;
receiving, from the user, a choice to connect to the affiliated web site for the available service;
issuing, upon receiving the choice of connecting to the available service, a ticket encoded with different kinds of information related to the user and to be used by the user to request the available service at the affiliated web site; and
transfering the ticket from the main web site to the user. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for an affiliated web site, comprising:
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receiving, a request from a user with a ticket comprising a digital signature and information related to the user;
authenticating the digital signature of the ticket;
decoding the ticket, after the digital signature is authenticated by the autnenticating, to extract information related to the user;
registering the user based on the information related to the user; and
providing an available service offered at the affiliated web site to the user. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A system, comprising:
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a main web site for offering online services;
a web client comprising a browser and a user communicating with the main web site through the browser for the services;
an affiliated web site affiliated with the main web site for offering a service that can be advised to the user through the main web site and that can be provided to the user when the main web site transfers the user to the affiliated web site with a ticket containing information related to the user and a digital signature. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A system for a main web site, comprising:
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a user registration mechanism for registering a user, requesting to connect to the main web site via a browser;
a linking page generation mechanism for generating a linking page that contains a link to an affiliated web site and that is to be used to advise the user about an available service offered at the affiliated web site, which can be reached through the link;
an online service mechanism for providing online services to the user; and
a service transfer mechanism for issuing a ticket to the user when the user chooses, through the linking page, to connect to the affiliated web site for the available service, the ticket enabling the user to connect to the affiliated web site without the need to enter the information related to the user. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A system for an affiliated web site, comprising:
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a ticket authentication mechanism for authenticating a ticket received from a user to request an available service at the affiliated web site, the ticket comprising information related to the user and a digital signature;
a regiatration mechanism for registering the user, after the authenticating the ticket, at the affiliated web site based on the information related to the user included in the ticket; and
an online service mechanism for providing the available service to the user. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A computer-readable medium encoded with a program, the program, when executed, causing:
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registering a user from a browser, at a main web site;
generating, at the main web site, a linking page, containing a link to an affiliated web site;
advising the user about an available service offered at the affiliated web site, which can be reached through the link;
choosing, by the user, to connect to the affilated web site for the available service through activating the link on the linking page;
issuing, by the main web site, upon on the link being activated, a ticket, to the user, encoded with different kinds of information related to the user;
requesting, by the user, the available service at the affiliated web site using the ticket;
verifying, at the affiliated web site, the ticket transferred from the main web site; and
providing the available service to the user if the verifying the ticket is successful. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A computer-readable medium encoded with a program for a main web site, the program, when executed, casing:
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receiving a request from a user through a bowser;
authenticating the user based on information stored at the main web site;
generating, at the main web site, a linking page, containing a link to an affiliated web site;
advising, through the linking page, the user about an available service offered at the affiliated web site, which can be reached through the link;
receiving, from the user, a choice to connect to the affiliated web site for the available service;
issuing, upon receiving the choice of connecting to the available service, a ticket encoded with different kinds of information related to the user and to be used by the user to request the available service at the affiliated web site; and
transfering the ticket from the main web site to the user. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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28. A computer-readable medium encoded with a program for an affiliated web site, the program, when executed, causing:
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receiving, a request from a user with a ticket comprising a digital signature and information related to the user;
authenticating the digital signature of the ticket;
decoding the ticket, after the digital signature is authenticated by the autnenticating, to extract information related to the user;
registering the user based on the information related to the user; and
providing an available service offered at the affiliated web site to the user. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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