Patent ID: 8108922
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium whose stored contents configure a computing device of an operator of a first service to enable customized interactions with users of the first service, by performing a method comprising: receiving one or more indications of one or more types of customization that are available to the first service from a remote sign-on service for use with a sign-on process to be provided by the sign-on service for users of the first service, the indicated customization types being identified based at least in part on information specific to the first service; providing one or more indications of one or more customizations of the sign-on process that are selected by the operator of the first service for use with the users of the first service, the selected customizations each being of one of the indicated customization types; after one of the users successfully completes a customized version of the sign-on process that is provided by the sign-on service in accordance with the selected customizations, receiving an indication of the successful completion of the sign-on process by the one user; and providing to the one user access to restricted information from the first service that is not available to other users who have not successfully completed the sign-on process.