System and method for providing identity-based services

a network identity and identity technology, applied in the field of identity identity management systems, can solve the problems of inability to achieve inter-service communication with limited success, inability to truly unified identity management, and difficulty in communicating between these competing systems

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-01-01
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However, communication between these competing systems has often been problematic.
TRILLIAN messaging service and JABBER messaging service are attempts that have been made to allow inter-service communication with limited success.
Moreover, the management of user identities is still not yet truly unified.

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[0012]Turning to FIG. 1, a user of plural Internet services (e.g., SKYPE messaging service, GOOGLETALK messaging service, AOL INSTANT MESSENGER messaging service, and MICROSOFT MESSENGER messaging service) is initially identified using separate user names or other identifiers for each of the plural Internet services. For example, a fictitious user (e.g., John Jones) may have user names such as fictitioususer1@gmail.com and fictitiousdad@aol.com. Both of these user names provide methods of enabling other users to reach John Jones. However, there is no linkage between the two user names that allows John Jones to manage his account information uniformly and in one place. In addition, John Jones may not want all other users to know all of his user names or the presence information provided by the applications with which those user names are associated. To aid in account management, John Jones may subscribe to a registry service that will enable Mr. Jones to unify his on-line identities ...

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Users of Internet communication services (e.g., SKYPE messaging service, GOOGLETALK messaging service, AOL INSTANT MESSENGER messaging service, and MICROSOFT MESSENGER messaging service, IP PBX systems, etc.) that are initially identified using separate identifiers (e.g., username@serviceprovider) can manage these network identities using a single, personal, unified set of account information managed by a registry service. The registry authenticates the user's request(s) to bind a service provider identity to his or her personal registry identity by presenting a random challenge to the user that the registry must then receive back from the service provider corresponding to the identity being added. Later, the registry may authenticate itself to service providers using information received from a service provider application as the service provider application authenticates itself to the service provider.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]The present application claims priority to U.S. Patent Application No. 60 / 903,306 entitled “Network Identity Management System and Method,” filed on Feb. 26, 2007, U.S. Patent Application No. 60 / 903,303 entitled “System and Method for Providing Identity-Based Services,” filed on Feb. 26, 2007, and U.S. Application No. 61 / 006,544 entitled “Network Identity Management System and Method,” filed on Jan. 18, 2008. The entire contents of those applications are incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF INVENTION[0002]The present invention is directed to a method and system for managing network identities using an identity registry.DISCUSSION OF THE BACKGROUND[0003]A number of on-line communication protocols exist that enable users to create network identities and communicate with each other. For example, on the Internet, MICROSOFT MESSENGER messaging service, AOL INSTANT MESSENGER messaging service, SKYPE messaging service, and GOOGLETALK messag...

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Patent Type & AuthorityApplications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06Q30/00
CPCG06Q30/0269H04L63/0869G06Q30/0277H04L12/1813H04L51/04H04L12/581H04L67/306H04L29/06H04L67/16H04L67/51H04L9/40
InventorALROY, LIORE
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