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Identifying persons seeking access to computers and networks

  • US 20040088551A1
  • Filed: 01/06/2003
  • Published: 05/06/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for verifying the identity of a person seeking to gain access to a local computer, to any computer communicative therewith or to any facility accessible through any of these computers, the method comprising:

  • (i) Providing a cellular telephone, to be termed cell-phone, associated with a cellular network and registered to the person or legitimately in the person'"'"'s possession, the cell-phone having at least one reference number stored therein;

    (ii) Providing a direct communication link between said cell-phone and the local computer, the link possibly including an adapter;

    (iii) Storing in any of the computers copies of one or more reference numbers stored in said cell-phone;

    (iv) Reading any of the reference numbers stored in said cell-phone, comparing it with the corresponding one of said stored numbers and accordingly verifying the identity of the person.

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