Patent ID: 7350229

Claim:
A method for authenticating and authorizing a user of an electronic device in communication with a network, comprising: registering said user with a network; generating a unique universal user identifier representing said user at the time said user registers with said network, said unique universal user identifier being at least partially based on information supplied by said user during registration with said network; receiving a user request from said user, said user using said electronic device in communication with the network; searching for information relating to said user in a repository of user information, said searching based at least partially on said user request and a login identity supplied by said user; retrieving, from the repository of user information, said unique universal user identifier representing said user upon locating said information of said user; storing at least said unique universal user identifier in a data packet; sending said data packet to a storage device such that said data packet is transmittable to electronic devices in communication with said network when said user attempts to access a resource within said network; retrieving an authorization datum associated with said user, based at least partially on said unique universal user identifier, from said resource; and wherein said user attempts to access said resources within said network is permitted without authentication time-out interval using said data packet.