Centralized authentication system

• US 8,782,394 B2
• Filed: 11/10/2008
• Issued: 07/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: O'Neil, Douglas R., Rivera, Jose F., Thomson, William George
• Primary Examiner(s): Shiferaw, Eleni
• Assistant Examiner(s): CALLAHAN, PAUL E
• Application Number:
  US12/268,193
• Publication Number:
  US 20090068987A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,073 Days
• Field of Search: 380/270, 713/153, 713/155, 713/168, 726/8
• US Class Current: 713/153
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226

Abstract

Centralized authentication systems are provided. A representative system, among others, includes an authentication registration system, a content provider and an internet server. The mobile authentication registration system resides on a content provider, and is operable to receive a single identification number and password from a user independent of a platform the user is associated with, and determine that the identification number and password combination provided by the user is associated with a registered user. The content provider provides personalized content to any of a plurality of registered users on a plurality of platforms. The server receives a connection request from a wireless device, sends an authentication request to the authentication registration system, and provides a personalized content from the content provider to said at least one device. Methods and other systems for multiple access portals are also provided.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a server from a wireless device, a request to receive internet content, wherein the request is provided by the wireless device via a first access platform;

receiving, by the server, a mobile identification number associated with the wireless device and a password associated with the mobile identification number; and

if the wireless device is authenticated based on the mobile identification number and the password received, then

accessing, by the server, a profile associated with a user of the wireless device, the profile comprising personalized information associated with the user and further comprising applications associated with the user,

providing, by the server to the wireless device, access to the applications associated with the user,

collecting, by the server, the internet content,

customizing, by the server, the internet content based on the personalized information associated with the user from the profile,

translating, by the server, the internet content customized based on the personalized information associated with the user from the profile into a first language corresponding to the first access platform used by the wireless device to provide the request,

constructing, by the server, an interface, the interface comprising at least a portion of the internet content customized based on the personalized information associated with the user from the profile,

providing, by the server on the interface, an option to add a further device for accessing the internet content customized based on the personalized information associated with the user from the profile,

providing, by the server to the wireless device, the interface for display on the wireless device, and

adding, by the server, a further device to the interface in response to a selection of the option to add a further device, wherein the further device is associated with a second access platform and wherein the internet content customized based on the personalized information associated with the user from the profile is translated to a second language corresponding to the second access platform for providing to the further device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first language comprises a short message service language, the method of claim 1 further comprising providing, via the short message service language to the wireless device, a summary of the internet content customized based on the personalized information associated with the user from the profile.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless device is authenticated based on the mobile identification number and the password received when a combination of the mobile identification number and the password are found in a list of a plurality of valid combinations.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the applications associated with the user comprise an email application, a personal information manager application, and an instant message application.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising if the wireless device is not authenticated based on the mobile identification number and the password received, then providing access to public internet content from a content provider.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a wireless device, a request to receive internet content, wherein the request is provided by the wireless device via a first access platform;

receiving a mobile identification number associated with the wireless device and a password associated with the mobile identification number; and

if the wireless device is authenticated based on the mobile identification number and the password received, then

accessing a profile associated with a user of the wireless device, the profile comprising personalized information associated with the user and further comprising applications associated with the user,

providing, to the wireless device, access to the applications associated with the user,

collecting the internet content,

customizing the internet content based on the personalized information associated with the user from the profile,

translating the internet content customized based on the personalized information associated with the user from the profile into a first language corresponding to the first access platform used by the wireless device to provide the request,

constructing an interface, the interface comprising at least a portion of the internet content customized based on the personalized information associated with the user from the profile,

providing, on the interface, an option to add a further device for accessing the internet content customized based on the personalized information associated with the user from the profile,

providing, to the wireless device, the interface for display on the wireless device, and

adding a further device to the interface in response to a selection of the option to add a further device, wherein the further device is associated with a second access platform and wherein the internet content customized based on the personalized information associated with the user from the profile is translated to a second language corresponding to the second access platform for providing to the further device.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6, wherein the first language comprises a short message service language and wherein the operations further comprise providing, via the short message service language to the wireless device, a summary of the internet content customized based on the personalized information associated with the user from the profile.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6, wherein the wireless device is authenticated based on the mobile identification number and the password received when a combination of the mobile identification number and the password are found in a list of a plurality of valid combinations.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6, wherein the applications associated with the user comprise an email application, a personal information manager application, and an instant message application.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6, further comprising if the wireless device is not authenticated based on the mobile identification number and the password received, then providing access to public internet content from a content provider.

11. A method of providing a single login across a plurality of platforms, the method comprising:

receiving, at a server from a wireless device via a voice access platform, an authentication request for an application service associated with a user of the wireless device, the authentication request comprising a mobile identification number and a password for the application service associated with the user;

authenticating, by the server, the authentication request with respect to the application service and a plurality of other application services which the user is provisioned, wherein each of the plurality of other application services has a different identifier and password combination that can be used to authenticate the user;

accessing, by the server, a profile associated with the user of the wireless device, the profile comprising personalized information associated with the user;

providing, by the server to the wireless device, access to the application service and the plurality of other application services associated with the user;

collecting, by the server, the internet content;

customizing, by the server, internet content based on the personalized information associated with the user from the profile;

translating, by the server, the internet content customized based on the personalized information associated with the user from the profile into a first language corresponding to the voice access platform used by the wireless device to provide the authentication request;

constructing, by the server, an interface, the interface comprising at least a portion of the internet content customized based on the personalized information associated with the user from the profile;

providing, by the server on the interface, an option to add a further device for accessing the internet content customized based on the personalized information associated with the user from the profile;

providing, by the server to the wireless device, the interface for display on the wireless device; and

adding, by the server, a further device to the interface in response to a selection of the option to add a further device, wherein the further device is associated with a further access platform and wherein the internet content customized based on the personalized information associated with the user from the profile is translated to a second language corresponding to the further access platform for providing to the further device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein translating the internet content customized based on the personalized information associated with the user from the profile into the first language comprises:

translating the internet content customized based on the personalized information associated with the user from the profile from text to speech; and

playing the internet content customized based on the personalized information associated with the user from the profile and translated to speech to the user.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein authenticating the authentication request comprises determining that the mobile identification number and the password comprise a combination found in a list of a plurality of valid combinations.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the application service and the plurality of other application services comprise an email application, a personal information manager application, and an instant message application.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising if the authentication request is not authenticated, then providing access to public internet content from a content provider.