Patent ID: 6851054
Filing Date: 2005-02-01
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G07F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of providing access to an entity requesting access to a controlled resource, the requesting entity communicating electronically over a communications medium with an access authentication component for the controlled resource, comprising the steps of: (a) providing the requesting entity with a security account maintained in a database accessible by the access authentication component, the security account having information that is retrievable based on a unique identifier of the requesting entity, the information pertaining to the requesting entity's right to access the controlled resource; (b) associating a public key of a public-private key pair with the security account such that the public key is retrievable based on the unique identifier of the requesting entity, wherein the private key of the public-private key pair is not accessible by the access authentication component; and (c) thereafter,