Patent ID: 9455986
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: authenticating a user of a first device while accessing a service offered by a service provider, the first device forming part of a group of devices in a local network that includes a second device of the user having an identification module for identifying and authenticating the user with the service, wherein authenticating a user comprises: a prior broadcast step during which the second device broadcasts to the first device its ability to supply proof of an authentication; and, when the first device seeks to authenticate itself, the method further comprises: a request step of the first device requesting the second device for proof of successful authentication with the service, the proof including an identity of the user of the second device; a transmission step of the second device transmitting the proof to the first device; and an authentication step of authenticating the user of the first device with the service on the basis of the received proof using the first device.