Patent ID: 9531698
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A system, comprising: an identity manager system executing on a host computer, the identity manager system programmed to facilitate online interactions between a user and a service provider environment by managing identity requirements of the interactions; the identity manager system comprises: an agent module programmed to manage communications between the identity manager system and a user-portable computing device, the agent module programmed further to receive user identity information from the user-portable computing device when the user-portable computer device is connected into the host computer, the user identity information pertaining to a selected one of a plurality of user identities of the user and to use the user identity information to facilitate interactions between the user and the service provider environment, and wherein the user-portable computing device comprises: data storage for providing first user identities; and a token generator, responsive to a token request in reference to one of the first user identities, for issuing a security token relative to the referenced user identity.