Patent ID: 8495212

Claim:
A method for permitting a second internet user to discover and link to web services or applications on which a first internet user is registered, said method comprising: collecting a plurality of different first user internet identifiers of said first internet user, each of said different first user internet identifiers comprising a URL used by said first internet user in accessing a different web service or application; storing said different first user internet identifiers of said first internet user in a repository electronic memory associated with a repository server computer; using an identities server computer, accessing said repository electronic memory and providing on a client computer of said second internet user remote from said identities server computer, an identities display, said identities display including a representation of each of said plurality of different first user internet identifiers, each said representation providing a link to the public profile of said first user on the web service or application on which said identifier is used, wherein each of said web services or applications is not the web service or application associated with said identities server computer; receiving at said identities server computer an input indicating said second user has activated said link to the public profile of said first user on a selected one of said different web services or applications; in response to said input, connecting said client computer to said public profile of said first internet user on said selected web service or application; and displaying on said client computer said public profile of said first user on said selected web service or application.