Patent ID: 11909729
Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 19:
20. A system for providing website authentication, the system comprising:
data processing hardware; and
memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware, the memory hardware storing instructions that when executed by the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:
receiving a reference uniform resource locator (URL) at a browser, the reference URL comprising a credential identifier and a web authentication host URL, the credential identifier identifying credential data;
determining that the reference URL adheres to an authentication protocol based on the credential identifier and the web authentication host URL; and
based on determining that the reference URL adheres to the authentication protocol:
extracting, by the data processing hardware, the credential identifier and the web authentication host URL from the reference URL;
extracting the credential identifier and the web authentication host URL from the reference URL;
obtaining credential data from a remote service using the credential identifier; and
sending web authentication instructions to the browser, the web authentication instructions comprising:
the web authentication host URL; and
the credential data.