Method for Accessing a Communications Service By Means of an Electronic Address
AssigneeSwisscom AG
InventorEric Lauper
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Abstract
A method and system are disclosed with which a communication user can access a communications service by way of a communications terminal. In this regard, the communications terminal reads an electronic code stored in an RFID element by means of an RFID reader device, and the electronic code is transmitted, after verification, to a service server over a communications network. The service server replies with the electronic page address of a page corresponding to the code and that can be used to determine the electronic address, the electronic address is made available to the communications terminal and said communications service is accessed.
Claims31
1-28. (canceled)
A method, comprising:
- accepting by a communication terminal, a password from a user for authenticating the user, wherein:
- the password comprises a portion of an electronic code that is embedded in an RFID element, or is derived therefrom,
- the electronic code is associated with an electronic page,
- the electronic page is associated with an electronic address, an the electronic address is associated with a communication service;
- verifying the password by the communication terminal;
- and
- when the password is verified, transmitting by the communication terminal, the electronic code to a service server that is configured to reply with the electronic address of the electronic page corresponding to the electronic code.
A system, comprising:
- a communication terminal that is operable to:
- accept a password from a user for authenticating the user, wherein:
- the password comprises a portion of an electronic code that is embedded in an RFID element, or is derived therefrom,
- the electronic code is associated with an electronic page, the electronic page is associated with an electronic address, and
- the electronic address is associated with a communication service;
- verify the password by the communication terminal;
- and
- when the password is verified, transmit the electronic code to a service server that is configured to reply with the electronic address of the electronic page corresponding to the electronic code.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.