Patent ID: 8677451

Claim:
A method for enabling a user to access one of a plurality of domains associated with an enterprise, the method performed by a computer and comprising steps of: receiving, from a user and at a first domain of the enterprise, a user identification and a password; accessing a unified profile at the first domain to identify a domain name associated with the user identification; determining, at the first domain, whether the user identification is associated with the first domain; upon determination that the user identification is not associated with the first domain, determining, at the first domain, whether the user identification is associated with a second domain of the enterprise; upon determination that the user identification is associated with the second domain, authenticating, at the first domain, the user identification and the password; and upon successful authentication, enabling the user to access the second domain of the enterprise, wherein the unified profile includes all the user identifications of the enterprise and their corresponding domains, and wherein the user identification does not include a character directly reflecting a domain name.