Patent ID: 6970848
Filing Date: 2005-11-29
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for authenticating users who use respective client terminals to independently issue requests of the users to receive information from a content provider that in response provides requested content to the user terminals, said method comprising: at an authenticator server other than the content provider, receiving, via a network, authentication request information including a content identification identifying a content requested by a user using the user's client terminal, where the authentication request information is sent via the network from said content provider and automatically passes through a user's user client terminal to the authenticator server, where the user's client terminal is a type configured to be used by the user to access content providers via the network; at the authenticator server, via the network, sending an authentication input form to the user's client terminal and receiving from the user terminal authentication information that was input into the form by the user at the user's client terminal; at the authenticator server, generating authentication result information by authenticating the user by matching the authentication information with predetermined authentication information of the user, where the generating is responsive to receiving the authentication request information sent from the client terminal of the user; and sending, via the network, the generated authentication result information from the authenticator to the terminal, where the authentication result is accompanied by a redirect indicator, where the user terminal receives the redirect indicator with the authentication result and in response automatically redirects the authentication result from the terminal to said content provider via the network, whereby the authentication result issues from the authenticator server and automatically passes through the user terminal to the content provider.