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- Patent Title: Method and apparatus to authenticate and authorize user access to a system
- Patent Title (中): 验证和授权用户访问系统的方法和设备
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Application No.: US12848840Application Date: 2010-08-02
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Publication No.: US08478989B2Publication Date: 2013-07-02
- Inventor: Liam S. Lynch , Shashi Seth
- Applicant: Liam S. Lynch , Shashi Seth
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: eBay Inc.
- Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: H04L9/00
- IPC: H04L9/00

Abstract:
A method, apparatus, and system are provided for authenticating a user. According to one embodiment, a request for authentication of a user is received via a secondary site, the request for authentication of the user including user information corresponding to the user. The user information is verified and, based on the verifying, a token associated with the user is generated, the token to be used to enable the secondary site to perform a task on the primary site on behalf of the user. The token is then transmitted to the secondary site.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100299734A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS TO AUTHENTICATE AND AUTHORIZE USER ACCESS TO A SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2010-11-25
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