User authentication through separate communication links
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method, comprising:
- a) transmitting and receiving data with a second device via a first communication link to a first device to establish an identity of the first device; and
b) using the established identity for authentication of communications from the first device received by the second device via a second communication link.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Authentication from a first independently authenticable communication link may be “transferred” to a second unauthenticable communication link and thereby used for authentication in the second communication link.
47 Citations
28 Claims
-
1. A method, comprising:
-
a) transmitting and receiving data with a second device via a first communication link to a first device to establish an identity of the first device; and
b) using the established identity for authentication of communications from the first device received by the second device via a second communication link. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
-
-
12. A machine readable medium that provides instructions, when executed by a computing platform, cause said computing platform to perform operations comprising a method of:
-
transmitting and receiving data with a server via a first communication link to a client to establish an identity of the client; and
using the established identity for authentication of communications from the client received by the server via a second communication link between the client and the server. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
-
-
20. An apparatus comprising:
-
a first module adapted to establish an identity of a client device to a server via at least a first communications link; and
a second module adapted to authenticate the client device on another communications link based on the established identity. - View Dependent Claims (19, 21, 22, 23, 24)
-
-
25. A machine readable medium that provides instructions, when executed by a computing platform, cause said computing platform to perform operations comprising a method of:
-
transmitting and receiving data with a client via a first communication link to a server to establish an identity of the client; and
transmitting and receiving data with the client via a second communication link between the client and the server using the established identity. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
-
Specification