Harry D Pearson

US Patent:

7356694, Apr 8, 2008

Filed:

Mar 10, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/708543

Inventors:

Mary Ann Mayo - Glendale AZ, US
Trey Neemann - Glendale AZ, US
Harry Pearson - Phoenix AZ, US
Chandra C. Sekhar - Tempe AZ, US
Dan Toraason - Peoria AZ, US

Assignee:

American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. - New York NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/00

US Classification:

713159, 713161, 713164, 713168, 713172

Abstract:

Sharing of data between one domain and at least one other domain over a network is facilitated by the use of tokens. A user token set in a cookie stored on the user's system at log-on to a first domain is used to create, or is associated with, a secure token passed by a first domain to a second domain when the user, in a session with the second domain, requests resources, access to which includes authorization by a first domain. The secure token facilitates various actions pertinent to a user in a session with said second domain, including, for example, the maintenance of an active, concurrent session between a user and a first domain, and authentication and authorization without log-on at a second domain or other domains.