Patent ID: 7593919

Claim:
A method comprising: providing a computer-readable device to a user, the computer-readable device attachable to a personal item of the user, the computer-readable device having unique and unalterable device identification data set by a manufacturer, and application data stored therein by a party other than the manufacturer; collecting the device identification data and the application data from the computer-readable device responsive to the user attempting to access a first Web resource; determining if the computer-readable device is authorized based on the device identification data and the application data; if the computer-readable device is unauthorized, denying access to the first Web resource and forwarding the user to a second Web resource which differs from the first Web resource; and if the computer-readable device is authorized: determining if access is authorized based on a rule record associated with the computer-readable device, wherein the rule record comprises a rule of a maximum number of times that after-hours access associated with the computer-readable device is allowed; if access is authorized based on the rule record, enabling access by the user to the first Web resource; and if access is unauthorized based on the rule record, denying access to the first Web resource and forwarding the user to a third Web resource which differs from the first and second Web resources.