Providing authenticated access to multiple social websites

• US 7,747,746 B2
• Filed: 02/01/2008
• Issued: 06/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Go Daddy Operating Company LLC (GoDaddy, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Go Daddy Group Incorporated (GoDaddy, Inc.)
• Inventors: Thayer, Wayne, Paxton, John, Condit, Craig
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Thu Ha T
• Application Number:
  US12/024,802
• Publication Number:
  US 20080133735A1
• Time in Patent Office: 879 Days
• Field of Search: 709/223, 709/224, 709/225, 709/245, 707/707, 707/7, 707/10
• US Class Current: 709/225
• 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 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

Methods of the present invention allow for managing multiple social websites. An exemplary method may comprise the steps of providing a Personal Portal Website (that may resolve from a domain name registered to a Registrant and may be communicatively coupled to a plurality of social websites), displaying the Registrant'"'"'s public webpage from at least one social website, and authenticating the Registrant. If the Registrant is successfully authenticated, the Registrant may be logged into at least one social websites and the Registrant'"'"'s private webpage from the social website(s) may be displayed.

Claims

1. A method of managing social websites, comprising the steps of:

a) providing a Personal Portal Website, hosted on at least one server communicatively coupled to a Network and resolving from a domain name registered to a Registrant, said Personal Portal Website being accessible to said Registrant via said Network and providing said Registrant a single website to access, view, and manage a plurality of social websites;

b) displaying, on said Personal Portal Website, a plurality of public webpages for said Registrant from a plurality of said plurality of social websites;

c) authenticating, by said Personal Portal Website, said Registrant;

d) after said Registrant is successfully authenticated;

i) logging said Registrant into a plurality of said plurality of social websites;

ii) displaying, on said Personal Portal Website, a plurality of private webpages for said Registrant from a the plurality of said plurality of social websites;

iii) enabling said Registrant to identify at least one of said plurality of social websites for display;

iv) generating a Social Domain for each of said at least one of said plurality of social websites selected by said Registrant for display by concatenating at least one subdomain to said domain name; and

v) mapping said Social Domain to a URL for a webpage for said Registrant on said at least one of said plurality of social websites.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said authenticating step c) further comprises authenticating said Registrant using an Open ID standard.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said displaying step d) ii) further comprises the steps of receiving and displaying an RSS feed from said social website.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein said displaying step b) further comprises the steps of receiving and displaying an RSS feed from said social website.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of registering said domain name to said Registrant.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein said registering step further comprises collecting at least one identity-related data from said Registrant.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said identity-related data comprises a username/password, Digital Identity, an OpenID, a plurality of metadata, a plurality of microformats, a plurality of contact information, a plurality of relationship information, a plurality of domain name registration information, a plurality of WHOIS data relating to said domain name, and/or any combination thereof.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising the step of generating at least one Registrant Profile from said at least one identity-related data.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein said logging step d) i) further comprises the step of transferring at least one data to said at least one of said plurality of social websites.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein said at least one data comprises at least one of said identity-related data, at least one of said Registrant Profiles, and/or any combination thereof.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein said displaying step d) ii) further comprises the step of providing a link to said Social Domain.

12. A method of managing social websites performed by at least one server computer communicatively coupled to a Network, comprising the steps of:

a) registering said domain name to a Registrant, wherein said registering step further comprises collecting at least one identity-related data from said Registrant;

b) generating at least one Registrant Profile from said at least one identity-related data;

c) providing a Personal Portal Website, said Personal Portal Website resolving from said domain name and communicatively coupled to a plurality of social websites;

d) displaying a public webpage for said Registrant from at least one of said plurality of social websites by receiving and displaying an RSS feed from said social website, said public webpage being displayed on said Personal Portal Website;

e) authenticating said Registrant via said Personal Portal Website using an OpenID standard; and

f) after said Registrant is successfully authenticated;

i) logging said Registrant into at least one of said plurality of social websites, wherein said logging step further comprises the step of transferring at least one data to said at least one of said plurality of social websites, said at least one data comprising at least one of said identity-related data, at least one of said Registrant Profiles, and/or any combination thereof;

ii) displaying a private webpage for said Registrant from at least one of said plurality of social websites by receiving and displaying an RSS feed from said social website;

iii) enabling said Registrant to identify at least one of said plurality of social websites for display;

iv) generating a Social Domain for each of said at least one of said plurality of social websites selected by said Registrant for display by concatenating at least one subdomain to said domain name; and

v) mapping said Social Domain to a URL for a webpage for said Registrant on said at least one of said plurality of social websites.