Service Management System and Method
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1. A method for managing a service to be delivered, comprising the steps of:
- providing a user with a portable radio device having first and second associated identifiers;
providing a management apparatus in order to send enablement signals for the service delivery, which can be connected via radio to the portable device and which stores said identifiers;
authenticating the portable device and/or management apparatus before delivering the service;
wherein the authentication step comprises the steps of;
decrypting at the management apparatus the first identifier received from the portable device in encrypted form, and checking that it is stored at the management apparatus;
digitally signing said second identifier at the portable device or management apparatus and sending a relative digital signature;
validating said digital signature received at the management apparatus or portable device.
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Abstract
The delivery of services is managed by a system that includes a portable device and a management apparatus which receives and decrypts a first identifier generated and encrypted by the portable device. One of the devices also digitally signs a second identifier, which is validated at the other device.
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1. A method for managing a service to be delivered, comprising the steps of:
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providing a user with a portable radio device having first and second associated identifiers; providing a management apparatus in order to send enablement signals for the service delivery, which can be connected via radio to the portable device and which stores said identifiers; authenticating the portable device and/or management apparatus before delivering the service; wherein the authentication step comprises the steps of; decrypting at the management apparatus the first identifier received from the portable device in encrypted form, and checking that it is stored at the management apparatus; digitally signing said second identifier at the portable device or management apparatus and sending a relative digital signature; validating said digital signature received at the management apparatus or portable device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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