Patent ID: 9608988
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for authenticating a security device at a local network location for providing a secure access from the local network location to a remote network location, the method comprising: at the security device, having a global unique identifier (UID), a processor, a QR (Quick Response) code scanner, and a memory: obtaining, from the remote network location, a private security software, and causing the private security software to obtain a user selectable personal identification number (PIN), and the UID of the security device, the UID uniquely identifying the security device and being permanently associated with the security device; forwarding the PIN, the UID and the private security software to the remote network location for generating a user-personalized credential code using the PIN, the UID and the private security software, comprising encrypting the user-personalized credential code; at the security device, obtaining the user-personalized credential code from the remote network location, and verifying an authenticity of the user selectable PIN and the UID, without communicating over a network, comprising decrypting the user-personalized credential code; retrieving access credentials to the remote network location upon verifying the authenticity of the user selectable PIN and the UID; and performing a transaction authorization of a transaction using the security device and the QR code scanner.