Patent ID: 7401357
Filing Date: 2008-07-15
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An authentication system comprising: a register image storage unit, which stores a pre-registered register image of a mobile terminal user; a communication control unit, which receives a moving image of the user transmitted from the mobile terminal; an authentication processing unit, which authenticates the user by checking the moving image received by the communication control unit against the register image stored in said register image storage unit; and a starting condition storage unit, which stores a starting condition, the starting condition being a cycle which starts authentication, the mobile terminal configured to be connected with the authentication processing unit during the duration of the cycle allowing the re-authentication attempt using the moving image when the user is not authenticated during an initial authentication attempt, wherein the moving image is received continuously by the communication control unit during the duration of the cycle, and the authentication processing unit authenticates based on the starting condition stored in the starting condition storage unit.