Patent ID: 8856958

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving a request from a non-authenticated application on a device to view content; determining whether the device comprises an indicator representative of one of three states comprising: (1) the device has not previously signed in to a user account configurable for viewing the content in a personalized format, (2) the device has previously signed into a user account configured for viewing the content in the personalized format, and (3) the device has previously signed into a user account that is not configured for viewing the content in the personalized format; and providing, for display, a notification to the device to provide authentication for the non-authenticated application when the indicator indicates that the device has previously signed into a user account configured for viewing the content in the personalized format, the notification comprising an indicator that providing authentication for the non-authenticated application will permit viewing of the content in the personalized format for the user account.