Patent ID: 7716352

Claim:
A method performed by a client system for retrieving authentication information for a user via a user-specific authentication web page, the method comprising: receiving at the client system a user-specific link to a user-specific authentication web page created specifically for the user and that has authentication information of the user, the user-specific link specifically identifying the user-specific authentication web page of the user using information unique to the user; sending a request for the user-specific authentication web page that is identified using the user-specific link that specifically identifies the user-specific authentication web page of the user; in response to sending the request, receiving the user-specific authentication web page; and after receiving the user-specific authentication web page, retrieving the authentication information from the user-specific authentication web page; sending to a server a request for information, the request including the retrieved authentication information; and receiving from the server the requested information after the server authenticates the user using the authentication information of the received request wherein user-specific authentication web pages provide authentication information for each of a plurality of users.