Patent ID: 8800020
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method in a communications system comprising: storing, at the communications system, a) information associating each of a plurality of users with one or more uniform resource identifiers, and b) information derived from credentials associated with each of a plurality of users; receiving, via a first communication channel, using a network interface of the communications system, a credential associated with a connection request; determining a uniform resource identifier associated with the connection request; identifying, based upon the determined uniform resource identifier associated with the connection request and at least a portion of the stored information associating each of a plurality of users with one or more uniform resource identifiers, a first user associated with the determined uniform resource identifier associated with the connection request, the uniform resource identifier being unique to the first user; determining, using a microprocessor of the communications system, whether the received credential associated with the connection request is valid for the first user, wherein determining whether the received credential is valid comprises comparing information derived from the received credential with stored information derived from a credential associated with the first user; and responsive to a determination that the received credential is not valid for the first user associated with the determined uniform resource identifier associated with the connection request: