Patent ID: 7421580

Claim:
A method for synchronizing a first e-mail address of a user in a computer-implemented authentication proxy and a second e-mail address of said user in a computer-implemented integrated authorized site of said authentication proxy, said method comprising the computer-implemented steps of: (a) checking status of said first e-mail address and said second e-mail address; (b) determining if said first e-mail address is blank and said second e-mail address is set, and if so then copying said second e-mail address and a confirm status of said second e-mail address to said authentication proxy site; (c) determining if said first e-mail address is set but said second e-mail address is blank, and if so then copying said first e-mail address to said integrated authorized site and confirming e-mail address change to said first e-mail address; (d) determining if both said first e-mail address and said second e-mail address are blank, and if so then keeping said first e-mail address blank and a confirm status of said first e-mail address NULL; (e) determining if both said first e-mail address and said second e-mail address are set, and if so then checking whether said first e-mail address is the same as said second e-mail address; (e1) determining if said first e-mail address is the same as said second e-mail address, and if so then copying said confirm status of said second e-mail address to said authentication proxy; and (e2) determining if said first e-mail address is not the same as said second e-mail address, and if so then prompting said user to choose among said first e-mail address and said second e-mail address, or specify a synchronized e-mail address through a graphical interface; wherein said status of said new e-mail address can be any of: confirm; unconfirm; and NULL.