Patent ID: 8006292

Claim:
A method for providing single-credential access to multiple, distinct, restricted services wherein a unique credential is required for each service, said method comprising: displaying sign-on credential menu content on a display of said IDev; receiving user input comprising a sign-on credential at a user interface (UI) of said IDev; sending said sign-on credential to a single-sign-on server application (SSOSA) from said IDev; receiving a sign-on token, at said IDev, from said SSOSA, wherein said sign-on token is related to a user credential data table, which relates said sign-on token to a plurality of unique sign-on credentials for each of a plurality of IDev functions, services or applications and wherein said user credential data table and said credential are stored and maintained by said single-sign-on server application (SSOSA); sending said sign-on token to one of said plurality of IDev functions, services or applications for exchange by said one of said plurality of IDev functions, services or applications for a corresponding one of said unique sign-on credentials maintained at said SSOSA; and receiving access, at said IDev, to said one of said plurality of IDev functions, services or applications in response to said exchange.