Centralized authentication systems are provided. A representative system,
among others, includes a mobile authentication registration system, a
content provider and a wireless internet server. The mobile
authentication registration system resides on a content provider which is
coupled to the internet, and is operable to receive a single
identification number and password from a user independent of a platform
the user is associated with, and determine that the identification number
and password combination provided by the user is associated with a
registered user. The content provider provides personalized internet
content to any of a plurality of registered users on a plurality of
platforms. The wireless internet server receives a connection request
from a wireless device, sends an authentication request to the mobile
authentication registration system, and provides a personalized internet
content from the content provider to said at least one wireless device.
Methods and other systems for multiple access portals are also provided.