Providing services from a remote computer system to a user station over a communications network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9484078-B2
Application number	US-89325910-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2010
Priority date	May 31, 1994
Publication date	Nov 1, 2016
Grant date	Nov 1, 2016

Abstract

A method includes receiving the second information at the remote computer system during a second user initiated communication session from the user station automatically, wherein the user station triggers automatically sending the second information to the remote computer system, retrieving the previously stored third information at the remote computer system and matching at least a portion of the received second information with the stored third information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer implemented method, comprising:
receiving by a remote computer system over a communications network, first information identifying a user station not previously identified to the remote computer system during a first user initiated communication session;
sending from the remote computer system to the user station second information that is a function of and different from the first information during the first user initiated communication session;
storing third information based on the first information at a location remote from the user station and accessible to the remote computer system;
receiving the second information at the remote computer system during a second user initiated communication session from the user station automatically, wherein the user station triggers automatically sending the second information to the remote computer system, wherein the second information was automatically stored at the user station;
retrieving the previously stored third information at the remote computer system; and
matching at least a portion of the received second information with the stored third information;
wherein the second information is used by the remote computer system as a station identifier, and wherein the station identifier is used by the remote computer system as a surrogate for a user identifier.

2. A computer implemented method, comprising:
receiving by a remote computer system over a communications network, first information identifying a user station not previously identified to the remote computer system during a first user initiated communication session;
sending from the remote computer system to the user station second information that is a function of and different from the first information during the first user initiated communication session;
storing third information based on the first information at a location remote from the user station and accessible to the remote computer system;
receiving the second information at the remote computer system during a second user initiated communication session from the user station automatically, wherein the user station triggers automatically sending the second information to the remote computer system, wherein the second information was automatically stored at the user station;
retrieving the previously stored third information at the remote computer system; and
matching at least a portion of the received second information with the stored third information;
wherein the second information is used by the remote computer system as a station identifier, wherein the station identifier is used by the remote computer system as a surrogate for a user identifier, and wherein the surrogate for the user identifier may not be used to authenticate a user of the user station.

3. A computer implemented method, comprising:
receiving by a remote computer system over a communications network, first information identifying a user station not previously identified to the remote computer system during a first user initiated communication session;
sending from the remote computer system to the user station second information that is a function of and different from the first information during the first user initiated communication session;
storing third information based on the first information at a location remote from the user station and accessible to the remote computer system;
receiving the second information at the remote computer system during a second user initiated communication session from the user station automatically, wherein the user station triggers automatically sending the second information to the remote computer system, wherein the second information was automatically stored at the user station;
retrieving the previously stored third information at the remote computer system;
matching at least a portion of the received second information with the stored third information; and
requesting a password to authenticate the user of the user station after the retrieving the previously stored third information at the remote computer system and before authorizing use of a portion of the third information for the user;
wherein the second information is used by the remote computer system as a station identifier, wherein the station identifier is used by the remote computer system as a surrogate for a user identifier, and wherein the surrogate for the user identifier may not be used to authenticate a user of the user station.

Assignees

• Reisman Richard R
• Intellectual Ventures I Llc

Inventors

• Reisman Richard R

Classifications

• H04L67/00

  Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications (user-to-user messaging H04L51/00; network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/00) · CPC title

• G06Q30/0641

  utilising user interfaces specially adapted for shopping · CPC title

• G06Q10/067

  Enterprise or organisation modelling · CPC title

• G06Q20/382

  insuring higher security of transaction · CPC title

• G06Q40/12

  Accounting · CPC title