Patent ID: 9497293
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for authenticating a user's secondary client device with a data center interacting with the user's primary client device, the method comprising: capturing a quick response (QR) code displayed at the primary client device using the secondary client device, wherein the QR code is generated by the data center for the primary client device and transmitted from the data center to the primary client device via a first network, the QR code including unique information provided only to the primary client device; analyzing the QR code at the secondary client device to extract information for initializing communication with the data center; providing information, extracted from the QR code by the secondary client device, from the secondary client device to the data center via a second network that is different from the first network, wherein the information extracted from the QR code by the secondary client device and provided to the data center is utilized by the data center to authenticate the secondary client device; and initializing interaction between the secondary client device and the data center after the data center compares the information extracted from the QR code and provided to the data center by the secondary client device, and authenticates the secondary client device based on the comparison, the interaction between the secondary client device and the data center being conducted via the first network.