Single sign-on process
AssigneeSwisscom AG
InventorRudolf Ritter
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Abstract
In order to check the authorization of passengers, the following steps are performed: storing of authorization data, for example of tickets, in an electronic storage area of a portable personal identification module (40) of the user, for example in a chip-card, storing of identification data that are specific to the user's outer appearance in an electronic storage area of the personal identification module (40), contactless transmission of said identification and authorization data in a portable authorization-checking device (90), visual reproduction of said identification and authorization data with a VRD (Virtual Retina Display).
Claims1
A method for verifying whether personal electronic authorization data stored in a mobile phone belong to the user of said mobile phone, comprising the steps of:
- storing said authorization data and identification data in said mobile phone, said identification data including a photo,
- contactless transmission of said photo to an authorization-checking device over a radio connection at close range,
- visual reproduction of said photo by said authorization-checking device,
- comparison between said photo and the appearance of said user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.