Patent ID: 8079068
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for managing a connection by a security token access device, the security token access device being adapted to wirelessly communicate with a plurality of user devices and to be securely paired with at least two user devices, the method being implemented on the security token access device and comprising: maintaining, in memory in the security token access device, a store of connection information comprising security information for each of the at least two securely paired user devices and a value for each of the at least two securely paired user devices representing a last time said securely paired user device communicated with the security token access device; determining whether one of the at least two securely paired user devices is a stale device that has not communicated with the security token access device for a predetermined period of time by comparing the value representing the last time said securely paired user device communicated with the security token access device against a predetermined value; storing an associated value representing the status of the one of the at least two securely paired user devices as a stale device or an active device; upon receiving a communication from said one of the at least two securely paired user devices, checking the associated value for that user device to determine whether the user device is a stale device; when it is determined that one of the at least two securely paired user devices is a stale device, altering the associated value for that user device to represent its status as a stale device and implementing a management protocol for handling the stale device, wherein the management protocol comprises at least one of: