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Method and system for secure authentication using mobile electronic devices

  • US 20050071673A1
  • Filed: 08/25/2003
  • Published: 03/31/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system for authenticating the identity of one of a plurality of individuals each having communication devices that are seeking access to at least one secure component having an input, the system comprising:

  • at least one record that includes information about each of the plurality of individuals, the information including a communication path which defines how to contact the individual'"'"'s communication device and further defines a security protocol for allowing access to the secure component;

    a controller having access to the at least one record wherein the controller receives signals from the input of the at least one secure component in response to the individual manipulating the input device, wherein the controller, in response to one of the individuals seeking access to the at least one secure component, retrieves the security protocol and the communications path from the at least one record; and

    a communications interface that allows signals between the communications device carried by the individual and the controller wherein the controller (i) evaluates the signal received from the input device of the secure component, (ii) sends a first signal to the communications device of the individual in response to the individual seeking access to the at least one secure component and, (iii) evaluates a response signal by the individual by comparing the response signal to the security protocol to determine whether to allow access by the individual to the at least one secure component.

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