Patent ID: 8898751
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving a request from a user to use a third-party authentication service to authenticate the user to a service provided by an online service provider subsystem; in response to the receiving of the request, directing the user to authenticate to the third-party authentication service; responsive to the directing, receiving a third-party user identifier for the user from the third-party authentication service; and responsive to the receiving of the third-party user identifier, requiring the user to verify an identity of the user, the requiring comprising: responsive to the requiring, authorizing, based on the verified identity of the user, use of the third-party user identifier to authenticate the user to the service; wherein the online service provider subsystem performs the receiving of the request, the directing of the user to authenticate, the receiving of the third-party user identifier, the requiring of the user to verify the identity of the user, and the authorizing of the use of the third-party user identifier.