Patent ID: 11870902
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus comprising:
a computer processor circuit; and
a computer memory storing instructions that when executed by the computer processor circuit causes the apparatus to implement a messaging program to perform operations including:
facilitating a session between a first user of the apparatus and a second user of a remote computer system, wherein the session includes text communication;
accessing, from the computer memory, an authentication token received from an authentication computer system as a result of the first user authenticating with the authentication computer system using a second program prior to the beginning of the session, wherein the second program and the messaging program are separate programs; and
sending, from the apparatus to the remote computer system, an indication of the authentication token, wherein the indication of the authentication token causes the remote computer system to authenticate the first user within the session.