AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR PERFORMING SUCH AN AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM AND CORRESPONDING COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
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Abstract
The invention relates to an authentication method and an arrangement for performing such an authentication method and to a corresponding computer program and a corresponding computer-readable storage medium, said method particularly providing a simple and very cost-effective method for the authentication of persons upon the usage of services with the aid of mobile standard terminals without technical expansions such as RNID equipment or the like. For this purpose, it is provided that in the authentication method a terminal (103) is used, which is equipped with a loudspeaker (109′) and/or color display (109) and special software. In the authentication method, at least one authentication code is generated, first information is provided about the at least one authentication code to at least one user, and second information, which makes the terminal (103) suitable for outputting various tones and/or colors in a time sequence via the loudspeaker (109′) or the color display (109), respectively, is prepared from the first information. A sensor (102, 102′) for detecting the various tones and/or colors detects the time sequence of the various tones and/or colors, and an analysis unit, which is connected to the sensor (102, 102′) and has access to the at least one authentication code, decodes the time sequence of the various tones and/or colors and compares the result of the decoding to the at least one authentication code. The usage of services is released as a function of the comparison result.
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47 Claims
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1-31. -31. (canceled)
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32. An authentication method, comprising the steps of:
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generating at least one authentication code, providing first information about the at least one authentication code to at least one user, generating from the first information with special software installed on a terminal second information which enables the terminal to time-sequentially output different sound wave combinations via a loudspeaker or time-sequentially display different output colors on a color display, or both, detecting with a first acoustic sensor the time sequence of the different sound wave combinations or with a second optical sensor the time sequence of the different colors, or both, decoding with an evaluation unit, which is connected to at least one of the first acoustic sensor and the second optical sensor and has access to the at least one authentication code, the time sequence of the different sound wave combinations or colors, and comparing a result of the decoding with the at least one authentication code, and unblocking use of services depending on an outcome of the comparison. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. An arrangement for carrying out an authentication method, comprising:
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at least one data processing device, at least one terminal provided with a loudspeaker or a color display, or both, and at least one of a first sensor configured for detecting sound waves and a second sensor configured for detecting colors, wherein the at least one data processing device is connected at least temporarily by data transmission means with the at least one terminal and with the at least one first and second sensor, and wherein the arrangement is configured to generate at least one authentication code, provide first information about the at least one authentication code to at least one user, generate from the first information with special software installed on the at least one terminal second information which enables the at least one terminal to time-sequentially output different sound wave combinations via the loudspeaker or time-sequentially display different output colors on the color display, or both, detect with the first sensor the time sequence of the different sound wave combinations or with the second sensor the time sequence of the different colors, or both, decode with the processing device, which has access to the at least one authentication code, the time sequence of the different sound wave combinations or colors, and compare a result of the decoding with the at least one authentication code, and unblock use of services depending on an outcome of the comparison. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium, which program enables a data processing device in cooperation with at least one terminal and with at least one of a first sensor for detecting sound waves and a second sensor for detecting colors, after the program is loaded into storage means of the data processing device, to carry out an authentication method having the steps of
generating at least one authentication code, providing first information about the at least one authentication code to at least one user, generating from the first information with special software installed on a terminal second information which enables the terminal to time-sequentially output different sound wave combinations via a loudspeaker or time-sequentially display different output colors on a color display, or both, detecting with the first sensor the time sequence of the different sound wave combinations or with the second sensor the time sequence of the different colors, or both, decoding with an evaluation unit, which is connected with at least one of the first and second sensors and has access to the at least one authentication code, the time sequence of the different sound wave combinations or colors, and comparing a result of the decoding with the at least one authentication code, and unblocking a use of services depending on an outcome of the comparison.
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45. Computer-readable storage medium, on which a program is stored which enables a data processing device in cooperation with at least one terminal and with at least one of a first sensor for detecting sound waves and a second sensor for detecting colors, after the program is loaded into storage means of the data processing device, to carry out an authentication method having the steps of
generating at least one authentication code, providing first information about the at least one authentication code to at least one user, generating from the first information with special software installed on a terminal second information which enables the terminal to time-sequentially output different sound wave combinations via a loudspeaker or time-sequentially display different output colors on a color display, or both, detecting with the first sensor the time sequence of the different sound wave combinations or with the second sensor the time sequence of the different colors, or both, decoding with an evaluation unit, which is connected with at least one of the first and second sensors and has access to the at least one authentication code, the time sequence of the different sound wave combinations or colors, and comparing a result of the decoding with the at least one authentication code, and unblocking a use of services depending on an outcome of the comparison.
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