User enrollment in an e-community
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- providing to a web browser by a home domain server a home identity cookie having an extensible data area and an enrollment token;
performing enrollment through an e-community for a user of said web browser by redirecting said home identity cookie via said web browser to each of a plurality of affiliated domains in said e-community until each affiliated domain has been visited once by said web browser;
responsive to each visit to each affiliated domain, sending an affiliated domain identity cookie to said web browser including an enrollment successful indicator;
accumulating and persistently storing received enrollment success indicators in said extensible data area of said home identity cookie by said web browser; and
subsequently vouching for an identity of said user at an affiliated domain through exchange of a vouch-for request and vouch-for response between said home domain server and an affiliated domain server.
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Abstract
An Internet user transfers directly to a domain within an e-community by providing a home identity cookie having an extensible data area and enrollment token to a web browser by a home domain server, and enrolling through an e-community for a user of the web browser by redirecting the home identity cookie via the web browser to each of the affiliated domains in the e-community until each affiliated domain has been visited once by the web browser. Upon each visit to each affiliated domain, an affiliated domain identity cookie is sent to the web browser including an enrollment successful indicator. Enrollment success indicators are accumulated and persistently stored received in the extensible data area of said home identity cookie. Subsequently, the identity of the user is vouched for at an affiliated domain through exchange of a vouch-for request and vouch-for response between the home domain server and an affiliated domain server.
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9 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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providing to a web browser by a home domain server a home identity cookie having an extensible data area and an enrollment token; performing enrollment through an e-community for a user of said web browser by redirecting said home identity cookie via said web browser to each of a plurality of affiliated domains in said e-community until each affiliated domain has been visited once by said web browser; responsive to each visit to each affiliated domain, sending an affiliated domain identity cookie to said web browser including an enrollment successful indicator; accumulating and persistently storing received enrollment success indicators in said extensible data area of said home identity cookie by said web browser; and subsequently vouching for an identity of said user at an affiliated domain through exchange of a vouch-for request and vouch-for response between said home domain server and an affiliated domain server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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