Patent ID: 7093019

Claim:
A method for providing an automated login for a user connecting to a server, wherein the server comprises a first server of a plurality of servers that are connected via a computer network, the method comprising steps of: receiving a connection to the user via a client data terminal; accessing the first server by the user after being authenticated; selecting from the first server a computer input mark to a second server and assigning a first identifier and underlying second identifier associated with the first server of the computer input mark; accessing the services of the second server from the user and based on the received identifiers if both identifiers are authenticated; and authenticating, without the use of cookie, the user and the first server based on the first and second identifiers and allowing access to the second server by linking the user to the second server through the first server and without requesting a cookie from the client if both identifiers are authenticated to eliminate the need for the user to provide separate login information and to eliminate the use of cookies when connecting to the second server via the input mark.