INITIATING A COMMUNICATION USING A WIRELESS SECURITY KEY DEVICE
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Abstract
A communication system is described. The communication system includes a communications device that is arranged to conduct communications via a communications network to a first communications address, and a security component arranged to receive input security keys. The communications device is arranged to initiate a communications event to a first communications address in response to the security component determining that an input security key matches any one of a plurality of security keys available to the security component. By initiating the communications event in response to determining that the input security key matches any one of a plurality of security keys available to the security component, the communication system provides a secure method of initiating the communications event.
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68 Claims
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1-40. -40. (canceled)
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41. A mailbox comprising a communication system, wherein the communication system comprises:
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a communications device arranged to conduct communications via a communications network to a rst communications address; and a security component arranged to receive an input security key; wherein the communications device is arranged to initiate a communications event to the rst communications address in response to the security component determining that the input security key matches any one of a plurality of security keys available to the security component;
wherein the set of security keys can be updated remotely by a server. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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67. A method of initiating a communications event, the method comprising:
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providing a communications device arranged to conduct communications via a communications network to a rst communications address; providing a security component arranged to receive an input security key; and initiating a communications event to the rst communications address in response to the security component determining that the input security key matches any one of a plurality of security keys available to the security component.
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68. A mailbox comprising a communication system, wherein the communication system comprises:
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a communications device arranged to conduct communications via a communications network to a rst communications address; a security component arranged to receive an input security key; wherein the communications device is arranged to initiate a communications event to the rst communications address in response to the security component determining that the input security key matches any one of a plurality of security keys available to the security component; and characterized in that a plurality of security keys available to the security component comprises a set of random sequence codes.
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