Patent ID: 7529725

Claim:
A computer server configured to facilitate secure access to at least one third party web site by a user using a common user identifier wherein the common user identifier is used by both the computer server and the at least one third party web site to identity the user comprising: a first software module configured for storing user registration information and a common user identifier associated with the stored user registration information; a second software module, operatively connected to the first software module, configured for communicating the user registration information to at least one third party web site upon receiving, from the at least one third party web site, the common user identifier, wherein the common user identifier is used by both the computer server and the at least one third party web site to identify the user; whereupon communication of the registration information to the at least one third party web site, the at least one third party web site utilizes the registration information to authenticate the identity of the user when receiving a request, from the user, instructing the at least one third party web site to perform a given action.