Patent ID: 8955076
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling access to a protected resource residing on a protected resource server, the method comprising: in response to a user request to access the protected resource residing on the protected resource server, conveying a challenge from a resource accessing device to an access control device; transmitting an answer to the challenge from the access control device to the resource accessing device; and completing an authentication operation based on the answer to the challenge, the resource accessing device obtaining electronic access to the protected resource residing on the protected resource server when the authentication operation results in successful authentication, and the resource accessing device not obtaining electronic access to the protected resource residing on the protected resource server when the authentication operation results in unsuccessful authentication; wherein the access control device includes a first user interface; and wherein the method further comprises: presenting the challenge to a user via the first user interface; and receiving user input from the user via the first user interface, the user input being conveyed from the access control device to the resource accessing device as the answer to the challenge; wherein the resource accessing device and the access control device are constructed and arranged to be in possession of a single human; wherein conveying the challenge from the resource accessing device to the access control device includes: in response to a command entered by the single human into a second user interface of the resource accessing device, sending the challenge from the resource accessing device to the access control device to enable the single human to then (i) enter the answer to the challenge into the first user interface of the access control device and (ii) direct the access control device to transmit the answer to the resource accessing device.