Patent ID: 9686245
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for secure authentication performed by an authentication application on a mobile communication device, the method comprising the authentication application carrying out the following: receiving, via an authentication application protocol handler, a unique identifier for a transaction from a first application provided on the same mobile communication device as the authentication application, wherein the first application communicates with a remote application server for carrying out the transaction and wherein the unique identifier is sent locally between the first application and the authentication application via a first application protocol handler provided at the first application for invoking the authentication application; receiving an encrypted transaction from a remote secure server; decrypting or obtaining decryption of the transaction with a private key of the authentication application; signing or obtaining signing of the transaction with the private key; signing the transaction with the unique identifier received from the first application; and transmitting the signed transaction back to the remote secure server, wherein the authentication application communicates with the remote secure server via a secure protocol for authentication of the transaction.