Patent ID: 8869257
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. In an environment comprising a service provider environment including at least one identity provider and at least one relying party, and a user-portable user computing device including user identity information comprising a plurality of user identities of a user, 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 the 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 the user 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 the 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 identity manager system is configured to communicate with the service provider environment through a network; wherein the user-portable computing device comprises: