METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTHENTICATION
First Claim
1. A method of authenticating a communications session between two or more parties over one or more communications channels comprising:
- having a first party create a first set of signatures, wherein the first set of signatures comprises a signature for each communications channel;
communicating with at least a second party over at least one communications channel, whereby the second party authenticates the first party'"'"'s signature associated with the at least one communications channel and accepts communication with the first party.
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Abstract
A method and system of authenticating communications sessions between two or more parties over one or more simultaneous communications channels using one or more communicating devices is provided including having a first party create a first set of signatures, wherein the first set of signatures includes a signature for each communications channel, communicating with at a second party over at least one communications channel, whereby the second party authenticates the first party'"'"'s signature associated with the at least one communications channel and accepts communication with the first party.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of authenticating a communications session between two or more parties over one or more communications channels comprising:
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having a first party create a first set of signatures, wherein the first set of signatures comprises a signature for each communications channel; communicating with at least a second party over at least one communications channel, whereby the second party authenticates the first party'"'"'s signature associated with the at least one communications channel and accepts communication with the first party. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for authenticating a communications session between two or more communicating parties over one or more communication channels comprising:
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two or more communications devices; one or more communications channel linked to the two or more communications devices; an authentication module linked to the two or more communications devices; a certificate authority server; two or more user interfaces linked to the two or more communications devices; wherein a first set of signatures is created at a user interface for each communications channel and sent to each communicating party; and wherein each signature corresponding to the respective communications channel is verified by the authentication module before a communication can be received. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer program product encoded in a computer readable medium for instructing a system to authenticate a communications session between two or more communicating parties over one or more communications channels comprising:
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instructing the creation of a first set of signatures, wherein the first set of signatures comprises a signature for each communications channel; instructing sending the set of signatures to one or more communicating parties; instructing an authentication component to verify each signature for each communications channel. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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