KR20000030413A - The authentication method or site that makes one be able to access multiple sites with only one account. - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for freely performing log-on to several sites as using one account on internet, and user authenticating method and site for automatically entrancing member is provided to decrease an inconvenience for remembering accounts of several sites by freely performing a log-on and automatically entrancing a member using one account when using a plurality of membership service sites. CONSTITUTION: A user applies a super ID to a super ID site(f1). The super ID site approves an entrance and stores personal information in a database(f2). The user performs a log-on to a membership service site for supporting the super ID as a super ID option(f3). The membership service site identifies the super ID option of the user and connects the super ID site to request an authentication(f4). A super ID authentication company transmits authentication identifying information and personal information to the membership service site when the user is a normal user(f5).

Description

The authentication method or site that makes one be able to access multiple sites with only one account.}

With the rapid development of e-commerce using the Internet, there are a growing number of sites that operate as members, and Internet users are experiencing the hassle of entering personally identifiable information into a registration form.

In addition, as the use of the Internet for a long time, as more sites join, the inconvenience of having to remember and manage the ID and password of each site is increasing.

Recently, in order to improve inconvenience, many sites that manage various IDs and passwords have appeared.

http://webpass.co.kr, EGARD, Inc. http://gator.com, Obongo, Inc.

http://obongo.com and Passlogix, Inc. http://www.passlogix.com.

In the case of the above sites, the specific program is downloaded and installed on the PC, and the button of the program is pressed or drag & drop to fill in the field values of the subscription form of the membership service site.

However, there are inconveniences that you must download a specific program and cannot use it on a PC that does not have the program installed. In some cases, it may not be performed correctly in the process of automatically inputting the corresponding field value.

Alternatively, e-Porter, Inc. http://ezlogin.com, Keenovation, Inc. http://keenovation.com, MyPassword.net, Inc. http://mypassword.net, ID Arts http: / /passcenter.com, http://passwordsafe.com from SingleStep Publishing, and http://www.verticalone.com from INCONTEX.

These sites store the username and password of the Internet site they want to log on to and then log on automatically when they click on it. This is simply a copy of the handbook on the Web. There is an inconvenience of having to access the site for the first time.

The present invention aims to freely log on and automatically sign-up to various membership service sites anytime, anywhere with only one SuperID in order to solve the above problems.

Figure 1 shows a logon screen of a membership service site that supports SuperID.

2 illustrates a flowchart of interaction between a SuperID user and a membership service site.

3 is a diagram showing the interaction between the super-ID site, membership service site, and the user.

In order to achieve the above object, a step of modifying and installing the member authentication program of the server and the logon HTML form so that the member service site supports the SuperID user; Requesting a super-id from the user by providing the personal information to the super-id site; Storing, by the super-ID site, the received personal information in a database of the server and issuing a super-ID to the user; Inputting a super ID and password on a logon screen of a member service site while the user surfs the web; Requesting the authentication of the super-ID by accessing to the database of the super-ID site; If the super-ID site is a registered super-ID user by requesting a super-ID user requested from the member-based service site, transmitting the authentication confirmation message and the personal information required for registration by the membership-based service site; After the membership service site receives the authentication confirmation message from the super-ID site, it starts the formal service and stores the user's personal information in its own database / screen output / formal service.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of two modified login HTML forms in which a SuperID user can log in and automatically register on a server of a membership service site. Here, there is a method (m1) of adding a super ID option to a login HTML form in a membership service site and a method of inputting a unique ID of a super ID before and after (m2).

The latter method (m2) is described in detail. If the super ID is firebird, the logon of firebird @ super is logged on with the identifier @super followed by the identifier so that the authentication program of the member service site server can be recognized as the super ID.

It is possible to add country-specific identifiers consecutively, considering that SuperID is accepted not only in Korea but also abroad. For example, firebird members in Korea become firebird @ super @ kr and firebird members in Japan become firebird @ super @ jp. In addition, in order to prevent confusion between the super ID firebird and firebird @ super @ kr inputted on the logon screen, the super ID and the country identifier may be defined as the super ID from the beginning. So, in the example above, the Korean super ID is firebird @ super @ kr, not firebird.

FIG. 2 shows an interaction flowchart when a user logs on to a membership service site by the method of FIG. When the user logs in (s10), the member service site checks whether the user logs in as a super ID (s20), and in case of its ID, starts the service through its own authentication routine (s30) (s40). After connecting to the ID site server and verifying the authentication (s50), the service is provided.

Interactions between the user, the super-ID site, and the membership-based service site, including a process in which the user is issued an ID from the super-ID site and a request for authentication of the member-based service site to the super-ID site, are described in detail with reference to FIG. 4 below. I want to describe

First, when a user applies for a super ID including personal information on the super ID site (f1), the super ID site grants subscription and stores the personal information in a database (f2).

The user logs on with a SuperID option to a membership service site that supports SuperID (f3). When the member service site confirms the user's SuperID option, the member accesses the SuperID site and requests authentication (f4).

If the super ID certification company is a normal (registered) user, the authentication confirmation message and the personal information required by the membership service site are transmitted to the membership service site (f5). If the member is abnormal (unregistered), an error message is sent to the member service provider, and the member service provider outputs an appropriate message to the user.

The membership service site uses the personal information (f5) received from the super ID certification company for processing, storage, and display on the database of its own server (f6) and then starts the service to the user (f7).

As described above, the present invention freely logs on and automatically registers with only one SuperID account when using a large number of membership service sites operated as a member system, thereby reducing the inconvenience of having to remember the accounts of the sites and providing a convenient web surfing environment. I can arrange it.

In addition, in terms of membership service sites, not only its members but also users of SuperID certification companies can be secured as potential members of the company.

Claims (3)

A first step of modifying and installing a member authentication program and a logon HTML form of a server so that a member service site supports a super-ID user; A second step of the user applying for the super-ID by providing the personal information to the super-ID site; A third step of storing the personal information received by the super-ID site in a database of the server and issuing a super-ID to the user; A fourth step of inputting a super ID and password on a logon screen of a member service site while the user surfs the web; A fifth step in which the member service site connects to the database of the super ID site and requests authentication of the super ID; A sixth step of transmitting the authentication confirmation message and the personal information required for registration by the membership service site when the superID site is a registered superID user by referring to the superID user requested from the membership service site; After the membership service site receives the authentication confirmation message from the SuperID site, the service system includes starting a formal service and storing user's personal information in its own database, outputting the screen, and providing formal service. User authentication method and authentication site to freely log on and automatically register to multiple sites with one account on the Internet. In the first step; A user authentication method and an authentication site for freely logging on and automatically signing up to multiple sites using a single account on the Internet, which has an option of selecting a super ID composed of html documents and images on a user logon screen. In the first step; SuperID is a user authentication method and authentication site for free logon and automatic membership to multiple sites with one account on the Internet, characterized in that it includes a plurality of identifiers before and after so as to have a uniqueness in the world.