Secure token device access to services provided by an internet service provider (ISP)

In a secure token device, for use by a user in accessing services of a service provider via a connectionless protocol during sessions, a method comprising the steps of:

• providing contextual information that captures a context of a last session that the user had with the service provider on the secure token device;
• receiving a request to read the contextual information on behalf of the service provider;
• and
• in response to the requests, outputting the contextual information for use by the service provider in restoring the context of the last session in a current session where services are provided by the service provider to the user.

In a secure token device that interfaces with a computer system, wherein a user accesses services provided by a service provider on the computer system, a method comprising the steps of:

• providing personal information about the user in the storage of the secure token device;
• establishing what portion of the personal information is permitted to be given to the service provider upon request;
• receiving a request from the service provider at the secure token device to obtain at least some of the personal information about the user;
• and
• in response to the request, sending to the service provider only information from the portion of the personal information that is permitted to be sent to the service provider.

In a secure token device that interfaces with a computer system, wherein a user of the secure token device receives services from an Internet service provider (ISP) on the computer system, a method comprising the steps of:

• providing tokens representing currency on the secure token device;
• receiving a request for payment for services from the ISP;
• and
• forwarding at least one token from the secure token device to the ISP in response to the request.

In a system where a secure token device that interfaces with a computer system, wherein a user accesses services provided by a service provider on the computer system and personal information about the user is provided in the storage of the secure token device, a computer-readable medium holding computer-executable instructions for performing a method comprising the steps of:

• establishing what portion of the personal information is permitted to be given to the service provider upon request;
• receiving a request from the service provider at the secure token device to obtain at least some of the personal information about the user;
• and
• in response to the request, sending to the service provider only information from the portion of the personal information that is permitted to be sent to the service provider.

A computer system wherein a user accesses services provided by a service provider during a during sessions via a connectionless protocol and a secure token device is provided for the user, said secure token device holding contextual information that captures a context of a last session that user had with the service provider, said computer system comprising:

• interface means for interfacing with the secure token device to facilitate communications between the computer system and the secure token device;
• means for receiving the contextual information from the secure token device;
• and
• means for using the contextual information to restore the context of the last session the user had with the service provider during a current session where services are provided by the service provider to the user.