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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2022
Level 3 Communications, Llc, Broomfield, CO (US);
Christopher Newton, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Level 3 Communications, LLC, Broomfield, CO (US);
Abstract
Examples described herein relate to apparatuses and methods for associating a first account with a second account, the first account being hosted by a first server, the second account being hosted by a second server, including but not limited to, authenticating, by the first server, first login credentials associated with the first account, wherein the first login credentials are received from a user device, receiving, by the first server from the user device, second login credentials associated with the second account, sending, by the first server, the second login credentials to the second server for authentication, in response to determining that the second login credentials are authenticated by the second server, associating, by the first server, the first account with the second account, and connecting, by the first server to the second server, to allow the user device to access services commensurate with the second account without prompting the user device for the second login credentials.