Patent ID: 8925053
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A user authentication method performed within an electronic apparatus, the user authentication method comprising: in response to an access request which requests access to a web application from a user device, receiving an authentication request which includes a set of authentication factors; in response to the authentication request, performing an authentication operation based on the set of authentication factors, an authentication result of the authentication operation identifying a particular trust category among a set of trust categories, each trust category of the set defining a unique set of user permissions; and providing the authentication result for use by the web application, the particular trust category identified by the authentication result defining a particular set of user permissions to be imposed by the web application on the user device; wherein the set of trust categories includes multiple trust levels forming a trust level range; wherein performing the authentication operation includes generating a particular trust level identifier which identifies, as the particular trust category defining the particular set of user permissions to be imposed by the web application on the user device, a particular trust level within the trust level range; and wherein the method further comprises: receiving another authentication request which includes another set of authentication factors and performing another authentication operation based on the other set of authentication factors, an authentication result of the other authentication operation including a new trust level identifier.