System and method for trusted communication
First Claim
1. A trusted communication system residing on a computer network and comprising:
- a first portable memory device identified by a first token;
a first client configured to operate with the first portable memory device;
a first network resource related to the first client;
a second portable memory device identified by a second token;
a second client configured to operate with the second portable memory device;
a database configured to store tokens and associations therebetween; and
a trusted communication server configured to receive a request from the second client to access the first network resource, the request including the second token, and query the database to determine whether there is an association between the second token and the first token;
wherein upon a determination that the database server contains an association between second token and the first token, the trusted communication server permits the second client access to the first network resource.
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Abstract
A trusted communication system and methods of ensuring trusted communications are provided. A portable memory device is configured to resemble a character, and a client is configurable to operate specifically with that portable memory device. The client may allow a user to access network resources related to other clients belonging to other users having portable memory devices. Each portable memory device may have stored therein a unique token. A token from one portable memory device may be associated with a token of another portable memory device, e.g., by operating the first portable memory device with a client configured to operate with the second portable memory device. When two tokens are associated, the client configured to operate with a portable memory device having one of those tokens may access network resources related to another of those tokens.
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16 Claims
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1. A trusted communication system residing on a computer network and comprising:
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a first portable memory device identified by a first token; a first client configured to operate with the first portable memory device; a first network resource related to the first client; a second portable memory device identified by a second token; a second client configured to operate with the second portable memory device; a database configured to store tokens and associations therebetween; and a trusted communication server configured to receive a request from the second client to access the first network resource, the request including the second token, and query the database to determine whether there is an association between the second token and the first token; wherein upon a determination that the database server contains an association between second token and the first token, the trusted communication server permits the second client access to the first network resource. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A trusted communication system residing on a computer network and comprising:
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a first token identifying a first portable memory device; a second token identifying a second portable memory device; a database configured to store tokens and associations therebetween; and a trusted communication server configured to (i) receive a request from a second client, the second client configured to operate with the second portable memory device, to allow the second client to access a first network resource, the first network resource related to a first client configured to operate with the first portable memory device, the request including the second token, and (ii) query the database to determine whether there is an association between the second token and the first token; wherein upon a determination that the database server contains an association between second token and the first token, the trusted communication server permits the second client access to the first network resource. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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