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OwnerLeemon C. Baird, III, Mance E. Harmon +2inventors
InventorsLeemon C. Baird, III, Mance E. Harmon, R. Reed Young, James E. Armstrong, Jr.
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A device for providing access to a remote site is disclosed. Access to the device is gained through an authentication process during which a user password and biometrics are provided to the device. The device also includes a security feature such that only authorized users of the specific device can gain access to it. Once authenticated, the device authorizes access to a remote site (e.g., a web site or a server on a local area network). The communications from the device to the remote site is encrypted and further the hand-held device uses a computer generated password to gain access to the site. In this way, user generated passwords, which are typically simple and infrequently changed, are avoided in favor of a more complex and frequently changed computer generated passwords for site access.
A device for providing a user with secure access to a network resource, comprising:
A method for authenticating a user to a device for contacting a network resource, said method comprising the steps of:
A method for authenticating to a device for accessing a network resource, wherein certain operational code or data of the device is stored in encrypted form, and wherein the device includes a device dependent key, said method comprising the steps of:
An article of manufacture comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.