Patent ID: 8713660
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. An authentication platform implemented in a portable authentication token and comprising: an authentication unit configured to receive input data from a user and to authenticate the user based on the input data; a control unit configured to communicate separately with a client device and an authentication host and to enable communication between the client device and the authentication host as a consequence of successful authentication of the user by the authentication unit; a first interface that communicates with the authentication host using a protocol associated with the client device so as to imitate communication of the client device; and a second interface that communicates with the client device using a protocol associated with the authentication host so as to imitate communication of the authentication host, wherein the client device is disposed in the token and stores trusted information, and the authentication host is disposed separate from the token and is configured to authenticate the client device based on the trusted information; and wherein the control unit communicates with the authentication host to request a time delay while the authentication unit authenticates the user.