Patent ID: 8806582
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for reading at least one attribute stored in an ID token assigned to a user, where the at least one attribute is signed by a first computer system and transmitted to a second computer system without use of any direct communication link between the first computer system and the second computer system, the method comprising: the ID token authenticating the user, wherein the ID token is an electronic identification document having an interface with a third computer system, wherein the third computer system is a user computer system; the ID token authenticating the first computer system via a public network link between the first and third computer systems; after successful authentication of the user and the first computer system by the ID token, the first computer system performs: transmitting the at least one attribute read by the first computer system from the third computer system to the second computer system, wherein the at least one attribute is signed by the first computer system and transmitted to the second computer system without use of any direct communication link between the first computer system and the second computer system.