Mobile identification using thin client devices

A method for performing mobile identification, the method involving:

• receiving, by a thin-client mobile terminal from a thin-client service terminal, a short-range wireless communication signal representing an identification request;
• in response communicating with a remote system server resource by long-range broadband data communication to report the identification request as well as a device identity of the thin-client mobile terminal;
• retrieving identification information about a human person by accessing a storage using the reported device identity of the thin-client mobile terminal;
• and
• causing communication of the retrieved identification information to the thin-client service terminal by long-range broadband data communication;
• by the thin-client service terminal:
• receiving a user input from a user of the thin-client mobile terminal, wherein the user input comprises verification control data, and communicating the received verification control data to the remote system server resource by long-range broadband data communication;
• and
• by the remote system server resource:
• causing verification of the received verification control data, and
• causing communication of the retrieved identification information to the thin-client service terminal by long-range broadband data communication only when the verification is successful.

A communication system comprising:

• a thin-client mobile terminal, the thin-client mobile terminal having a device identity and a user interface including a presentation device and an input device;
• a thin-client service terminal;
• and
• a remote system server resource, wherein the thin-client mobile terminal is configured for:
• receiving, from the thin-client service terminal, a short-range wireless communication signal representing an identification request;
• and
• in response communicating with the remote system server resource by long-range broadband data communication to report the identification request as well as the device identity of the thin-client mobile terminal;
• wherein the remote system server resource is configured for:
• using the reported device identity of the thin-client mobile terminal to retrieve identification information about a human person by accessing a storage;
• and
• causing communication of the retrieved identification information to the thin-client service terminal by long-range broadband data communication;
• wherein the thin-client mobile terminal is further configured, after having received the short-range wireless communication signal, for:
• receiving an entry from a user of the thin-client mobile terminal, wherein the entry comprises verification control data, and
• communicating the received verification control data to the remote system server resource by long-range broadband data communication;
• and
• wherein the remote system server resource is further configured for:
• causing verification of the received verification control data;
• and
• causing communication of the retrieved identification information to the thin-client service terminal by long-range broadband data communication only when the verification is successful.

A method for performing mobile identification, the method involving:

• receiving, by a thin-client mobile terminal from a thin-client service terminal, a short-range wireless communication signal representing an identification request;
• in response communicating with a remote system server resource by long-range broadband data communication to report the identification request as well as a device identity of the thin-client mobile terminal;
• retrieving identification information about a human person by accessing a storage using the reported device identity of the thin-client mobile terminal;
• causing communication of the retrieved identification information to the thin-client service terminal by long-range broadband data communication;
• by the thin-client mobile terminal, after having received the short-range wireless communication signal:
• receiving an entry from a user of the thin-client mobile terminal, wherein the entry comprises verification control data, and
• communicating the received verification control data to the remote system server resource by long-range broadband data communication;
• and
• by the remote system server resource:
• causing verification of the received verification control data;
• and
• causing communication of the retrieved identification information to the thin-client service terminal by long-range broadband data communication only when the verification is successful.