Patent ID: 9479499
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of identity authentication, comprising: registering in advance, by an application client device, with an authentication server for a third party service executing on the application client device; receiving, by the application client device, an identifier assigned by the authentication server in response to the registering, for uniquely identifying the third party service on the application client device; detecting, by an application client device, a login or registration operation to the third party service, on a login user interface of a user interface of the application client device, after receiving the identifier; determining, by the application client device, the identifier assigned in advance and identity information of the application client device in response to the detection of the login or registration operation, wherein the identity information uniquely identifies the application client device; encoding, by the application client device, the identity information and the identifier into a code; displaying the code on the user interface of the application client device for capture by a mobile terminal, wherein the mobile terminal is configured to obtain the identity information and the identifier by decoding the code and send the identity information, the identifier, and account information of the mobile terminal to the authentication server for authentication, wherein the account information is obtained by registering for the mobile terminal on the authentication server in advance; and receiving, by the application client device, an authentication result from the authentication server.