Patent ID: 7711748

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving a request from a first client initiated by a subscriber to access, and to establish a communications session with, a first subscribed online service of the subscriber at an online service provider, said request comprising a globally unique identifier (GUID) of the subscriber, the GUID identifying the subscriber; determining that the GUID is associated with the subscriber and the first subscribed online service; facilitating access by the first client to the first subscribed online service of the subscriber based on determining that the GUID is associated with the subscriber and the first subscribed online service, said access being facilitated without requiring the subscriber to provide a logon and password and independent of the particular client from which the request is received; receiving a request from a second client initiated by the subscriber to access, and to establish a communications session with, the first subscribed online service of the subscriber at an online service provider, said request comprising the GUID of the subscriber, the first and second clients being different clients; determining that the GUID is associated with the subscriber and the first subscribed online service; and facilitating access by the second client to the first subscribed online service of the subscriber based on determining that the GUID is associated with the subscriber and the first subscribed online service, said access to the first subscribed online service of the subscriber being facilitated without requiring the subscriber to provide a logon and password and independent of the particular client from which the request is received.