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

Claim 8:
9. A non-transitory computer readable medium having program instructions stored therein that are executable by an apparatus to implement a messaging program performing operations comprising:
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 a computer memory of the apparatus, 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.