Patent ID: 7502629
Filing Date: 2009-03-10
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a memory device configured to be temporarily removable from the apparatus to be connected with another device, wherein the memory device comprises a data base structure in which a secret is associated with a predetermined identifier, such that querying the database structure using the predetermined identifier returns the secret and an interface that is configured to enable the apparatus to amend and query the data base structure and to enable the another device to query the database structure using the predetermined identifier to obtain the said secret; and a processor for amending the database structure and for querying the data base structure, wherein querying the database structure using the predetermined identifier returns the said secret, wherein the apparatus is configured to perform an authentication procedure with the another device, based upon the said secret which was physically transported via the memory device between the apparatus and the another device.