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US 2011/0212707 A1Published application
Remote user authentication using nfc
AssigneeGemalto SA
InventorIlan Mahalal
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InventorIlan Mahalal
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The invention relates to a system (S) comprising a first authenticating entity (MOB_OP_SRV) and a portable communication device (MP) equipped with an NFC antenna (MP_A), and comprising means (SIM) to authenticate the user of the portable communication device (MP) to the first authenticating entity (MOB_OP_SRV), The system (S) further comprises a second authenticating entity (3RD_PTY_SRV), and a portable authentication device (SC) equipped with an NFC antenna (SC_A). The portable authentication device (SC) stores authentication credentials (3RD_PTY_K) for authenticating the user to the second authenticating entity (3RD_PTY_SRV), The portable communication device (MP) comprises means to authenticate the user to the second authenticating entity (3RD_PTY_SRV) by communicating with the portable authentication device (SC) through the NFC antennas (NAP_A; SC_A). The invention also relate to a portable communication device (MP) and to a method for authenticating a user to an authenticating entity (3RD_PTY_SRV).
A system (S) comprising
The system (S) according to any previous claim, wherein the first authenticating entity (MOB_OP_SRV) is a server of a mobile network operator managing a mobile network to which the portable communication device (MP) is connectable.
A portable communication device (MP) equipped with an NFC antenna (MP_A), and including a means (SIM) to authenticate the user of the portable communication device (MP) to a first authenticating entity (MOB_OP_SRV), comprising means to authenticate the user to a second authenticating entity (3RD_PTY_SRV) by communicating with a portable authentication device (SC) of the user through the NFC antenna (MP_A), wherein the portable authentication device (SC) is equipped with an NFC antenna (SC_A), and stores authentication credentials (3RD_PTY_K) for authenticating the user to the second authenticating entity (3RD_PTY_SRV).
A method for authenticating a user to an authenticating entity (3RD_PTY_SRV), wherein the method comprises providing the user with a portable authentication device (SC) equipped with an NFC antenna (SC_A), wherein the portable authentication device (SC) stores authentication credentials (3RD_PTY_K) for authenticating the user to the authenticating entity (3RD_PTY_SRV), wherein, the user having a portable communication device (MP) is equipped with an NFC antenna (MP_A), and the portable communication device (MP) is set to authenticate the user to the authenticating entity (3RD_PTY_SRV) by communicating with the portable authentication device (SC) through the NFC antennas (MP_A, SC_A).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.