Patent ID: 8661245

Claim:
A method for providing access over the Internet to Private PAIR to a user of a personal computer, comprising: (a) storing authentication information for accessing Private PAIR on the personal computer, including: (1) displaying to a user, via a computer display screen of the personal computer, a graphical user interface element prompting the user to identify, via one or more peripheral devices, a location of a security certificate for use in logging in to Private PAIR; (2) displaying to the user, via the computer display screen of the personal computer, a graphical user interface element prompting the user to input, via one or more peripheral devices, a password associated with the security certificate for use in logging in to Private PAIR; (3) receiving, via the graphical user interface elements, user input representing the location of the security certificate for use in logging in to Private PAIR and representing the password associated with the security certificate for use in logging in to Private PAIR; (4) storing, in a non-transitory computer readable medium of the personal computer, the user input representing the location of the security certificate for use in logging in to Private PAIR and representing the password associated with the security certificate for use in logging in to Private PAIR; and thereafter (b) loading, at the personal computer, a first web browser and a second web browser, the second web browser being loaded without being displayed on the computer display screen of the personal computer; (c) using the stored authentication information, performing authentication for accessing Private PAIR on the personal computer by, (1) effecting navigation to a login page for Private PAIR, and (2) automatically effecting login to Private PAIR, said automatically effecting login including inputting, via the login page, the location of the security certificate and the password associated with the security certificate, whereby upon a successful authentication a login session to Private PAIR is established; (d) based on a successful authentication in said step (c), navigating Private PAIR pages using the first web browser in conjunction with the second web browser by alternating between displaying, via the computer display screen of the personal computer, the first web browser and the second web browser, including hiding the first web browser when the second web browser is displayed, and hiding the second web browser when the first web browser is displayed, such that navigation using a single web browser is simulated on the computer display screen of the personal computer from a user perspective.