Patent ID: 7912762

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for an access manager to provide customizable sign-on capabilities to users of other services, the method comprising: for each of multiple services that are provided by operators distinct from an operator of the access manager and that are each available to multiple users, enabling a customized sign-on process for the users of the service, the enabling of the customized sign-on process being performed by one or more configured computing systems and including: automatically determining multiple types of customization that are to be made available for use with the service based at least in part on information specific to the service, the customization types being for use as part of a sign-on process for users of the service and including one or more types of co-branding customizations and one or more types of other customizations, the automatic determining being performed by the one or more configured computing systems; providing indications to the operator of the service of the multiple determined types of sign-on process customization that are available for use with the service; receiving from the service operator one or more indications of one or more customizations of the sign-on process for the service, the indicated customizations each being of one of the determined types for the service; and after the receiving of the indications of the customizations, providing to each of multiple users of the service a customized sign-on process on behalf of the service, the customized sign-on process being customized in accordance with the customizations indicated by the service operator.