Method for displaying web user's authentication status in a distributed single login network
AssigneeAOL Inc.
InventorsAllen Lee TOM, Mohan Kumar S. Bethur, Hyun Jong Shin, Jun-Shong Huang
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Abstract
The invention provides a system and method for automatically displaying a user's logged-in status across an Internet based network of affiliated Web sites via a visual indicator such as a toolbar to help the user to be certain about his logged-in status when he stays with one or switches from one to another affiliated Web site.
Claims10
A method for automatically displaying a Web user's authentication status in a distributed single login network, comprising the steps of:
- embedding code that instructs the user's web browser to load a visual indicator from a central server showing a logged-in or a logged-out stat as the user moves from site to site.
An apparatus for automatically displaying a Web user's authentication status in a distributed single login network comprising:
- a processor programmed for embedding code that instructs the user's web browser to load a visual indicator from a server showing a logged-in or a logged-out stat as the user moves from site to site.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.