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Enhanced security for user instructions

  • US 20080172730A1
  • Filed: 01/12/2007
  • Published: 07/17/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/12/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A networked system for verifying an instruction communicated over a communications network, comprising:

  • a first network station, associated with a user, configured to transmit, to a relying entity over the network via a first communication channel, a user instruction;

    a second network station, associated with the relying entity; and

    a third network station, associated with a trusted entity;

    wherein at least one of (i) the first network station is further configured to transmit verification information corresponding to the user instruction to the trusted entity over the network via a second communication channel, and (ii) the second network station is configured to transmit verification information corresponding to a received user instruction to the trusted entity via a third communication channel;

    wherein, if only the first network station is configured to transmit verification information, the third network station is further configured to further transmit the transmitted verification information to the relying entity via the third communication channel and the second network station is further configured to verify the received user instruction based on the further transmitted verification information;

    wherein if, both the first and the second network stations are configured to transmit verification information to the trusted entity, the third network station is further configured to verify the verification information transmitted by the second network station based on the verification information transmitted by the first network station, to thereby verify the received user instruction;

    wherein if only the second network station is configured to transmit verification information, the third network station is further configured to further transmit the transmitted verification information to the user over the network via the second communications channel and the first network station is further configured to verify the further transmitted verification information, to thereby verify the received user instruction.

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