Patent ID: 7752322

Claim:
A method for computer network access, comprising the steps of: running a client application, wherein the client application is not a web browser, and wherein the client application runs on a customer device incapable of managing a cookie; entering user information into the customer device; communicating the entered user information to a first server; storing the user information on the first server; creating a unique customer identification for a user of the customer device, wherein the creating step comprises generating a random number; storing the unique customer identification on the first server; communicating the unique customer identification to the customer device running the client application and to a plurality of other servers running a plurality of server applications, thereby providing a unique customer identification communication, lacking a cookie, wherein the unique customer identification communication is sent to the customer device and to the plurality of other servers; storing the unique customer identification on the customer device and on the plurality of other servers, thereby providing a stored unique customer identification; communicating the unique customer identification from the customer device to at least one server selected from a group consisting essentially of the first server and the plurality of other servers; and authenticating the user by matching the unique customer identification received by the at least one server with the unique customer identification stored on the at least one server, thereby providing a ubiquitous presence on a network for facilitating provision of a service to the user.