Method for performing short-range wireless transactions between an hybrid wireless terminal and a service terminal over an interface for short-range wireless access and corresponding service terminal
First Claim
1. / method for performing a short-range wireless transaction between an hybrid wireless terminal and a service terminal, said hybrid terminal being able to communicate over a first interface with a radio communication network and over a second interface for short-range wireless access with said service terminal, said hybrid wireless terminal comprising a user authentication information for authenticating a user in said radio communication network, said method being characterized in that it comprises the steps of:
- transmitting over said second interface a message to said service terminal comprising said user authentication information;
authenticating said user at said service terminal by checking said received user authentication information against an authentication database;
enabling said transaction if said user authentication has been successful.
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Abstract
The invention relates notably to a method for performing a short-range wireless transaction between an hybrid wireless terminal and a service terminal. The hybrid terminal is able to communicate over a first interface with a radio communication network and over a second interface for short-range wireless access with a service terminal, the hybrid wireless terminal comprises a user authentication information for authenticating a user in the radio communication network.
According to the invention, the method comprises the steps of:
transmitting over the second interface for short-range wireless a message to the service terminal comprising at least the user authentication information;
authenticating the user at the service terminal by checking the received user authentication information against an authentication database;
enabling the transaction if the user authentication has been successful.
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9 Claims
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1. / method for performing a short-range wireless transaction between an hybrid wireless terminal and a service terminal, said hybrid terminal being able to communicate over a first interface with a radio communication network and over a second interface for short-range wireless access with said service terminal, said hybrid wireless terminal comprising a user authentication information for authenticating a user in said radio communication network, said method being characterized in that it comprises the steps of:
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transmitting over said second interface a message to said service terminal comprising said user authentication information;
authenticating said user at said service terminal by checking said received user authentication information against an authentication database;
enabling said transaction if said user authentication has been successful. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. / Service terminal adapted to perform a transaction over a short-range wireless interface, comprising:
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means for receiving a user authentication information from a wireless terminal, said user authentication information being dedicated to authenticate a user in a radio communication network;
an authentication module for authenticating said user at said service terminal by checking said received user authentication information against an authentication database of said radio communication network, said authentication module enabling said transaction if said authentication has been successful. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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- 8. / Wireless terminal comprising a first part for communicating with a radio communication network and a second part for communicating with a service terminal over a short-range wireless interface, said first part comprising a user authentication module for authenticating a user in said radio communication network, said second part having access to said user authentication module and transmitting at least an user authentication information contained in said user authentication module over said short-range wireless access interface to said service terminal for authenticating said user in said service terminal.
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