Method for identifying internet users
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsUlrich Mitreuter, Stefan Unger, Renate Zygan-Maus
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Abstract
Method for identifying Internet users, comprising: identifying or authenticating an Internet user at the Internet access point in the course of an access check when using the Internet access service of an Internet Service Provider with whom the Internet user maintains a business relation; and after the Internet user successfully passed the access check adding Internet user identification information to an Internet user's IP message by the Internet access point prior to forwarding said IP message, guaranteeing the integrity of this information with cryptographic means.
Claims11
Method for identifying Internet users, comprising:
- identifying or authenticating an Internet user at an Internet access point in the course of an access check when using an Internet access service of an Internet Service Provider with whom the Internet user maintains a business relation;
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- after the Internet user successfully passed the access check, adding Internet user identification information to an Internet user's IP message by the Internet access point prior to forwarding said IP message, guaranteeing the integrity of the information with cryptographic means.
Internet access point which has structure for:
- identifying or authenticating an Internet user in the course of an Internet access service;
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- after the Internet access service has successfully been accomplished, adding Internet user identification information to an Internet user's IP message by an Internet access point prior to forwarding said IP message, guaranteeing the integrity of the information with cryptographic means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.