AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND RELATED METHOD

US 20130104201A1
Filed: 10/23/2011
Published: 04/25/2013
Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2011
Status: Active Grant

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1. An authentication system for authenticating the identity of a requester of access by an unauthorized user to a secured resource, said authentication system comprising:

means for receiving from a requester purporting to be an authorized user of a secured resource a request for access by an unauthorized user to said secured resource;

means for determining a key string, said key string being adapted to provide a basis for authenticating the identity of said requester;

means for receiving an authentication credential associated with said request for access; and

means for evaluating said authentication credential to authenticate the identity of said requester.

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A system and method whereby the identity of a person, entity, device or the like attempting to gain access to a secured resource may be securely authenticated includes a means for receiving from a requester purporting to be an authorized user of a secured resource a request for access by an unauthorized user (such as, for example, a retail store, a service station, an on-line service provider or merchandiser, a healthcare provider, a medical insurer, an information consumer or the like) to the secured resource; a means for determining a key string adapted to provide a basis for authenticating the identity of the requester; a means for receiving an authentication credential associated with the request for access; and a means for evaluating the authentication credential to authenticate the identity of the requester.

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1. An authentication system for authenticating the identity of a requester of access by an unauthorized user to a secured resource, said authentication system comprising:
- means for receiving from a requester purporting to be an authorized user of a secured resource a request for access by an unauthorized user to said secured resource;
  
  means for determining a key string, said key string being adapted to provide a basis for authenticating the identity of said requester;
  
  means for receiving an authentication credential associated with said request for access; and
  
  means for evaluating said authentication credential to authenticate the identity of said requester.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12)
- - 2. The authentication system as recited in claim 1, said authentication system further comprising:
    - means for generating a confirmation message indicating receipt of said request for access; and
      
      means for communicating said confirmation message to said authorized user that said requester purports to be.
  - 3. The authentication system as recited in claim 1, said authentication system further comprising means for determining from among a plurality of secured resources associated with said authorized user the identity of a single secured resource to which said requester requests access.
  - 4. The authentication system as recited in claim 3, wherein said means for determining said single secured resource comprises means for establishing a priority value for each of said plurality of said secured resources.
  - 5. The authentication system as recited in claim 3, wherein said means for determining said single secured resource comprises:
    - means for generating an inquiry message;
      
      means for transmission of said inquiry message to said authorized user; and
      
      means for receiving a response to said inquiry message and determining based upon said response to said inquiry message the identity of a single secured resource to which said requester requests access.
  - 6. The authentication system as recited in claim 1, wherein said means for evaluating said authentication credential further comprises means for invalidating said authentication credential based upon passage of time.
  - 7. The authentication system as recited in claim 1, said authentication system further comprising means for conducting for the benefit of said unauthorized user a transaction reliant upon access to said secured resource.
  - 8. The authentication system as recited in claim 7, said authentication system further comprising:
    - means for generating a receipt for said transaction; and
      
      means for transmitting said receipt to said authorized user.
  - 9. The authentication system as recited in claim 7, wherein said transaction comprises providing a financial benefit.
  - 10. The authentication system as recited in claim 1, wherein said request for access comprises a transient identifier for said unauthorized user, said transient identifier being dynamically generated by said authentication system.
  - 12. The method for authenticating the identity of a requester of access to a secured resource as recited in claim 1, said method for authenticating further comprising the steps of:
    - generating a confirmation message indicating receipt of said request for access; and
      
      communicating said confirmation message to said authorized user that said requester purports to be.

11. A method for authenticating the identity of a requester of access to a secured resource, said method for authenticating comprising the steps of:
- receiving a request for access by an unauthorized user to a secured resource from a requester purporting to be an authorized user of said secured resource;
  
  determining a key string, said key string being adapted to provide a basis for authenticating the identity of said requester;
  
  receiving from said unauthorized user an authentication credential associated with said request for access; and
  
  evaluating said authentication credential to authenticate the identity of said requester.
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- - 13. The method for authenticating the identity of a requester of access to a secured resource as recited in claim 11, said method for authenticating further comprising the step of determining from among a plurality of secured resources associated with said authorized user the identity of a single secured resource to which said requester requests access.
  - 14. The method for authenticating the identity of a requester of access to a secured resource as recited in claim 13, wherein said step of determining said single secured resource comprises sorting said plurality of secured resources by priority values.
  - 15. The method for authenticating the identity of a requester of access to a secured resource as recited in claim 13, wherein said step of determining said single secured resource comprises:
    - generating an inquiry message, said inquiry message referring to each of said plurality of secured resources by a pseudonym;
      
      transmitting said inquiry message to said authorized user;
      
      receiving a response to said inquiry message from said authorized user; and
      
      determining based upon said response to said inquiry message the identity of a single secured resource to which said requester requests access.
  - 16. The method for authenticating the identity of a requester of access to a secured resource as recited in claim 11, said method for authenticating further comprising the step of determining based upon passage of time whether said authentication credential should be deemed invalid.
  - 17. The method for authenticating the identity of a requester of access to a secured resource as recited in claim 11, said method for authenticating further comprising the step of conducting for the benefit of said unauthorized user a transaction reliant upon access to said secured resource.
  - 18. The method for authenticating the identity of a requester of access to a secured resource as recited in claim 17, said method for authenticating further comprising the steps of:
    - generating a receipt for said transaction; and
      
      transmitting said receipt to said authorized user.
  - 19. The method for authenticating the identity of a requester of access to a secured resource as recited in claim 17, wherein said transaction comprises providing a financial benefit.
  - 20. The method for authenticating the identity of a requester of access to a secured resource as recited in claim 11, said method for authenticating further comprising the steps of:
    - generating a dynamic identifier for said unauthorized user;
      
      transmitting to said unauthorized user said dynamically generated identifier; and
      
      receiving said dynamically generated identifier from said requester as at least part of said request for access.

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Current Assignee
Textile Computer Systems, Inc.
Original Assignee
Gopal Nandakumar
Inventors
Nandakumar, Gopal

Granted Patent

US 8,505,079 B2
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726/5
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G06F 21/42 using separate channels for...

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