Managing automatic log in to internet target resources

A method comprising:

• detecting, by a client browser of a computer, a login form sent by an Internet target resource which a user of the client browser is accessing;
• requesting from the user, and accordingly obtaining, by the client browser, a user identifier;
• sending an identity request, by the client browser to an identification server, the identity request comprising the user identifier;
• obtaining, by the identification server upon reception of the user identifier, a mobile phone number associated with the user identifier;
• sending an identity message, by the identification server to a mobile phone corresponding to the mobile phone number, the identity message comprising an identifier of the target resource;
• looking up, by the mobile phone upon reception of the identity message, user private identities associated with the target resource in a storing device of the mobile phone;
• if at least one associated user private identity is found,
• obtaining from the mobile phone user, using an input device of the mobile phone, a selection of one of the user private identities to be sent to the identification server if a plurality of user private identities associated with the target resource are found;
• and
• receiving confirmation from the mobile phone user, using the input device of the mobile phone, to automatically log in to the target resource using the one of the user private identities;
• if confirmation is obtained for automatic logging, sending, by the mobile phone, the confirmation and the selected user private identity to the identification server;
• if the identification server receives confirmation for automatic logging, sending, by the identification server, the selected user private identity to the client browser;
• and
• logging in, by the client browser upon reception of the selected user private identity, to the target resource using the selected user private identity.

A system comprising:

• a mobile phone comprising a user input device and a storing device, the storing device having stored thereon user private identities for a user, the user private identities being associated with Internet target resources;
• and
• a computer communicatively coupled with the mobile phone,
• wherein:
• (a) the computer is configured to:
• detect a login form contained in information received from one of the Internet target resources;
• and
• relay an identifier of the particular Internet target resource to the mobile phone;
• (b) the mobile phone is configured to:
• determine if any of the user private identities stored in the storing device are associated with the particular Internet target resource using the Internet target resource identifier;
• and
• if at least one of the user private identities is determined to be associated with the particular Internet target resource:
• obtain from the mobile phone user, using the user input device, a selection of one of the user private identities associated with the particular Internet target resource if more than one of the user private identities is determined to be associated with the particular Internet target resource;
• obtain confirmation from the mobile phone user, using the user input device, for automatic logging in to the particular Internet target resource using the one of the user private identities;
• and
• relay the one of the user private identities to the computer;
• and
• (c) the computer is further configured to:
• log in to the particular Internet target resource using the user private identity relayed from the mobile phone.

A method comprising:

• detecting, by a computer, a login form contained in information received from an Internet target resource;
• relaying, by the computer, an identifier of the Internet target resource to a mobile phone, the mobile phone comprising a user input device and a storing device, the storing device having stored thereon user private identities for a user, the user private identities being associated with Internet target resources;
• determining, by the mobile phone, if any of the user private identities stored in the storing device are associated with the Internet target resource using the Internet target resource identifier;
• and
• if at least one of the user private identities is determined to be associated with the Internet target resource:
• obtaining a selection from the mobile phone user, using the user input device, of a single one of the user private identities associated with the Internet target resource if more than one of the user private identities is determined to be associated with the Internet target resource;
• obtaining confirmation from the mobile phone user, using the user input device of the mobile phone, for automatic logging in to the Internet target resource using the one of the user private identities;
• relaying, by the mobile phone, the one of the user private identities to the computer;
• and
• logging in, by the computer, to the Internet target resource using the user private identity relayed from the mobile phone.