Patent ID: 9705861
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: G07C,H04L

Claim:
1. A method of authorizing a person, comprising the steps of: receiving authentication data from a personal authentication device transmitting said authentication data to a reader associated with a central authorization system; including, by the reader, the received authentication data in a request message and transmitting, by the reader, the request message to the central authorization system; transmitting the request message to the central authorization system via the personal authentication device and a central authentication system; receiving the request message at the central authorization system and retrieving the authentication data from the request message; performing an authentication process at a central authentication system using said authentication data; executing an authorization process at the central authorization system based on the authentication process result; and executing an authorization process at the central authorization system based on the authentication process result, wherein performing an authentication process includes generating a query message including the authentication data and transmitting the query message to the central authentication system associated with the personal authentication device, verifying the query message at the central authentication system by checking the authentication data in the query message, verifying the authentication data, generating an authorization message if the verification of the authentication data was successful and transmitting the authorization message to an actuator associated with the central authorization system.