DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION
First Claim
1. A device for identification and authentication of a remote holder of the device connecting to a service over a network, wherein the device comprises a cryptographic processor and at least one cryptographic key and storage means, additional processing means and interface means to generate and transmit a variant and unique authentication code as a sequence of emulated keystrokes through the keyboard input of a client terminal, said code being transmitted only by an explicit command of the holder of the device.
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Abstract
A device for identification and authentication of a remote user connecting to a service over a network includes a cryptographic processor and at least one cryptographic key and storage means, additional processing means and interface means to generate and transmit a unique authentication code as emulated keystrokes through a standard input, means of a client terminal. The code may be transmitted only by an explicit command of the user.
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28 Claims
- 1. A device for identification and authentication of a remote holder of the device connecting to a service over a network, wherein the device comprises a cryptographic processor and at least one cryptographic key and storage means, additional processing means and interface means to generate and transmit a variant and unique authentication code as a sequence of emulated keystrokes through the keyboard input of a client terminal, said code being transmitted only by an explicit command of the holder of the device.
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