Method and apparatus in combination with a storage means for carrying out an authentication process for authenticating a subsequent transaction
First Claim
1. A method for carrying out an authentication process for authenticating a transaction, comprising:
- operatively associating a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) with a data processing apparatus, the SIM being registered with a cellular telecommunications network and including predetermined authentication information that is respectively associated with a subscription of a user with the cellular telecommunications network, the predetermined authentication information capable of being used for authenticating a telecommunications terminal that is respectively used in association with the subscription of the user to the cellular telecommunications network for conducting communications in the cellular telecommunications network;
establishing a first communication session between the data processing apparatus and a security services part included within the cellular telecommunications network that stores a copy of the predetermined authentication information in a correspondence with the subscription of the user with the cellular telecommunications network; and
authenticating, via the first communication session and using the SIM, a subsequent transaction to be conducted between the data processing apparatus and a third party service provider, andwherein the step of authenticating the transaction does not use the telecommunications terminal that is respectively associated with the subscription of the user with the cellular telecommunications network or require that the telecommunications terminal be authenticated for conducting communications in the cellular telecommunications network using the predetermined authentication information.
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Abstract
A computer, such as a WINDOWS® operating system-based PC, has associated with it a Subscriber Identity Module (or SIM), such as of the type used in a GSM cellular telephone system. The SIM can be authenticated by the telephone network, in the same way as for authenticating SIMs of telephone handset users in the network, and can in this way authenticate the user of the PC or the PC itself. Such authentication can, for example, permit use of the PC in relation to a particular application which is released to the PC after the authentication is satisfactorily completed. The application may be released to the PC by a third party after and in response to the satisfactory completion of the authentication process. A charge for the session can be debited to the user by the telecommunications network and then passed on to the third party.
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1. A method for carrying out an authentication process for authenticating a transaction, comprising:
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operatively associating a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) with a data processing apparatus, the SIM being registered with a cellular telecommunications network and including predetermined authentication information that is respectively associated with a subscription of a user with the cellular telecommunications network, the predetermined authentication information capable of being used for authenticating a telecommunications terminal that is respectively used in association with the subscription of the user to the cellular telecommunications network for conducting communications in the cellular telecommunications network; establishing a first communication session between the data processing apparatus and a security services part included within the cellular telecommunications network that stores a copy of the predetermined authentication information in a correspondence with the subscription of the user with the cellular telecommunications network; and authenticating, via the first communication session and using the SIM, a subsequent transaction to be conducted between the data processing apparatus and a third party service provider, and wherein the step of authenticating the transaction does not use the telecommunications terminal that is respectively associated with the subscription of the user with the cellular telecommunications network or require that the telecommunications terminal be authenticated for conducting communications in the cellular telecommunications network using the predetermined authentication information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 17)
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11. A system comprising:
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a data processing apparatus in combination with a selected one of a plurality of a Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs), wherein; the SIMs are all registerable with a common cellular telecommunications network and each include respective predetermined authentication information that is respectively associated with a subscription of a user with the cellular telecommunications network, the respective predetermined authentication information of each SIM corresponding to information used for authenticating a telecommunications terminal that is respectively used in association with the subscription of the user associated with the predetermined authentication information to the cellular telecommunications network for conducting communications in the cellular telecommunications network, the SIMs, when operatively associated with the data processing apparatus, are operative to facilitate, via a first communication session between the data processing apparatus and a security services part included within the cellular telecommunications network that stores a copy of the respective predetermined authentication information of each SIM in a correspondence with the subscription of the user with the cellular telecommunications network associated with the respective predetermined authentication information, authentication of a transaction to be conducted between the data processing apparatus and a third party service provider, the authentication process is incorporated within the cellular telecommunications network and, for each of the SIMs, involves the use of the respective predetermined authentication information stored by the SIM, and the authentication process for authenticating the transaction between the data processing apparatus and the third party service provider does not, for each of the SIMs, require use of the telecommunications terminal that is respectively associated with the subscription of the user associated with the respective predetermined authentication information of the SIM or require the telecommunications terminal to be authenticated for conducting communications in the cellular telecommunications network using the respective predetermined authentication information of the SIM. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19)
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