Patent ID: 8532620
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for performing user security operations using a mobile communications device, comprising: storing at least one security credential for a user in the mobile communications device, wherein the storing at least one security credential comprises: receiving at the mobile communications device, a request sent from a client computer to perform an action requiring the at least one security credential stored in the mobile communications device, wherein the request includes information regarding a service application executing in a remote server for which the action is requested, and wherein the request is responsive to an access by the user from the client computer to the service application executing in the remote server through communication between the client computer and the remote server and the communication not being via the mobile communications device; determining, by a request validation module of said mobile communications device, a response to the request based upon at least one user configured personal security preference at the mobile communications device; and transmitting the determined response to the client computer.