US Patent 10440022 Identity management

There are provided apparatuses and methods for providing user information stored at an access network to a content provider, the access network for providing a user device with access to the internet, the user information relating to a user of an application module stored on the user device, the user device for requesting and receiving content from a said content provider. A request for an identifier for the user device to use when requesting content from a content provider is received at an access network, which generates and transmits an identifier to the user device. A request from the content provider for user information is received at the access network, the request comprising the generated identifier. The access network obtains user information based on the identifier and transmits, to the content provider, the obtained user information.