APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING A BOARDING PASS

• US 20120042371A1
• Filed: 08/10/2010
• Published: 02/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CWT Digital Limited
• Original Assignee: MobiMate Ltd.
• Inventors: GUR, Nadav, Kirshenboim, Amir
• Granted Patent: US 8,555,338 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/9
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/33 using certificates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events

Abstract

The subject matter discloses a computerized apparatus having a processor configured for providing an access to an authentication token, the authentication token is generated by a remote computing device, wherein a link to the remote computing device is embedded in a message sent to the computerized apparatus. the apparatus comprises a message detecting module configured for detecting the message; a transmitting module configured for sending a request to the remote computing device for receiving the authentication token, wherein the request is according to the link being extracted; a downloading module configured for downloading the authentication token being returned from the remote computing device; a storing module configured for storing the authentication token downloaded by the downloading module in a storage of the computerized device; and an access module configured for accessing the authentication token, stored in the storage, according to predetermined rules.

Claims

1. A computerized apparatus having a processor configured for providing an access to an authentication token, the authentication token is generated by a remote computing device, wherein a link to the remote computing device is embedded in a message sent to the computerized apparatus, the apparatus comprises:

a message detecting module configured for detecting the message;

a transmitting module configured for sending a request to the remote computing device for receiving the authentication token, wherein the request is according to the link being extracted;

a downloading module configured for downloading the authentication token being returned from the remote computing device;

a storing module configured for storing the authentication token is downloaded by the downloading module in a storage of the computerized device; and

an access module configured for accessing the authentication token, stored in the storage, according to predetermined rules.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a processing module configured for extracting the link from the message being detected.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the authentication token comprises an image of the token and wherein the access module further comprising a display module configured for displaying the image.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the authentication token comprises a numeric code and wherein the access module further comprising a transmitting device configured for transmitting the numeric code to a reader.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the authentication token comprises a sound and wherein the access module further comprising a sound player device configured for playing the sound.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the authentication token comprises a barcode.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6 wherein the barcode comprises a boarding pass.

8. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the transmitting device is an NFC device and wherein the code reader is an NFC reader.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the message being selected from a group consisting of an email message, an SMS, an NFC message, WAP push and an MMS message.

10. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined rules comprise event base rules.

11. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined rules comprise time base rules.

12. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined rules comprise location base rules.

13. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the event base rules comprise Wi-Fi events.

14. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the event base rules comprise cellular events.

15. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the event base rules comprise Near Field Communication events.

16. A computerized method for providing an access from a computerized apparatus to an authentication token, the authentication token being generated by a remote computing device, wherein a link to the remote computing device being embedded in a message sent to the computerized apparatus, the method comprises:

detecting the message;

extracting the link from the message being detected;

sending a request to the remote computing device for receiving the authentication token, wherein the request is according to the link being extracted;

downloading the authentication token being returned from the remote computing device;

storing in the computerized apparatus the authentication token being downloaded; and

accessing the authentication token stored in the computerized apparatus, according to predetermine rules.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the step of extracting is performed by a message processing computing device and wherein the step of sending the request is performed by the message processing computing device.

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18. The method according to claim 16, wherein the accessing is performed manually.

19. A computerized implemented apparatus configured for processing a message received from a computerized device;

the message comprising a link to a remote computing device, the remote computing device is configured for generating an authentication token upon receiving a request, the apparatus comprising;

a receiver configured for receiving the message from the computerized device; and

for receiving a return message comprising a link to the authentication token from the remote computing device;

a processing module configured for extracting the link to the remote computing device from the message; and

a transmitting module configured for sending the request to the remote computing device, wherein the request is according to the link being extracted.

20. The apparatus according to claim 19, further comprising a downloading module configured for downloading the authentication token received from the remote computing device to the computerized device.

21. A computer program placed on a magnetic readable medium for providing an access from a computerized apparatus to an authentication token, the authentication token being generated by a remote computing device, wherein a link to the remote computing device being embedded in a message sent to the computerized device, the computer program comprising:

a first program instruction for detecting the message;

a second program instruction for sending a request message for receiving the authentication token;

a third program instruction for storing in the computerized apparatus the authentication token; and

a forth program instruction for accessing the authentication token stored in the computerized apparatus, according to predetermined rules, wherein the first, second third and forth program instructions are stored on the computer readable medium.