Method for secure authentication of mobile devices
AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorsHarold Teunissen, Jacco Brok, Ko Marcus Lagerberg, Miroslav Zivkovic
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Abstract
A method for authenticating a mobile device is provided. The method includes receiving a communication request from the mobile device. The mobile device is operable to exchange data over a primary channel. Authentication data is received from the mobile device over a second channel. The secondary channel is a short-range channel operable for exchanging data when the mobile device is within physical proximity. The authentication data is processed to determine whether the mobile device is a trusted device.
Claims20
A method for authenticating a mobile device, comprising:
- receiving a communication request from the mobile device, wherein the mobile device is operable to exchange data over a primary channel;
- receiving authentication data from the mobile device over a secondary channel, wherein the secondary channel is a short-range channel operable for exchanging data when the mobile device is within physical proximity;
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- processing the authentication data to determine whether the mobile device is a trusted device.
A method of authenticating a mobile device, comprising:
- transmitting a communication request from the mobile device, wherein the mobile device is operable to exchange data over a primary channel;
- transmitting authentication data from the mobile device over a secondary channel, wherein the secondary channel is a short-range channel operable for exchanging data with a receiving party when the mobile device and the receiving party are within physical proximity, and wherein the receiving party processes the authentication data to determine whether the mobile device is a trusted device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.