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Security Architecture

  • US 20060143466A1
  • Filed: 02/07/2006
  • Published: 06/29/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for providing services and allowing access by other devices to the provided services, comprising:

  • an interface for communicating with the other devices and receiving requests to access a service therefrom;

    arbitration means, for determining whether a requesting device communicating through the interface can access a service it has requested access to, arranged to store trust indications in association with requesting devices and arranged to receive from the interface an indication, originating from the other device, identifying the other device, wherein, if the requesting device has a stored trust indication associated therewith no user authorization is required and if the requesting device has no stored trust indication associated therewith user authorization is requirable; and

    a user interface for providing user authorization.

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