Patent ID: 8271467

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 comprising: a computer-readable storage medium configured to store user registration information and a common user identifier associated with the stored user registration information; a network server operatively connected to the computer-readable storage medium and configured for executing a software module, the software module configured for communicating the user registration information to at least one third party web site upon receiving, from the user upon redirection of the user to the network server from the third party website, the common user identifier, wherein the common user identifier is used by both the network server and the at least one third party web site to identify the user; whereupon communication of the user registration information to the at least one third party web site, the at least one third party web site utilizes the user 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.