Patent ID: 8935182
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: registering a user at a first online service by: identifying the user at the first online service by reading from the cookie of the user computer system the non-unique member identifier and the unique identifier stored in conjunction with the non-unique member identifier; and authenticating the user to the first online service utilizing the non-unique member identifier, the unique identifier, and a password of the user, where such authentication includes comparing the non-unique member identifier and unique identifier to an entry in a database, and comparing the password of the user to a password in the database if the non-unique member identifier and the unique identifier correspond to the entry in the database, where comparing the non-unique member identifier and unique identifier and comparing the password of the user are performed after the non-unique member identifier, the unique identifier, and the password of the user are collected; wherein a plurality of users having a same user computer system are registered by repeating the registering for each of the plurality of users, where the same user computer system includes a single computer; wherein the unique identifier includes an electronic mail address.