Patent ID: 7856659

Claim:
A method for providing access from a first network to a second network coupled to the first network, the method comprising: a first network provider sending an embedded file to a plurality of computing devices, wherein the embedded file comprises an identification of a second network provider; receiving, at a device associated with the first network provider, information from each computing device of the plurality of computing devices coupled to the first network; determining that the information received from each computing device of the plurality of computing devices comprises the identification of the second network provider; sending login information to each computing device of the plurality of computing devices, wherein the login information comprises information identifying the second network provider when displayed in a network browser interface of the computing device; receiving user credentials from each computing device of the plurality of computing devices; authenticating the user credentials from each computing device of the plurality of computing devices; determining that the user credentials from each computing device of the plurality of computing devices are authenticated; and in response to determining that the user credentials from each computing device of the plurality of computing devices are authenticated, granting each computing device of the plurality of computing devices access to the second network through the first network.