Patent ID: 8627424
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for use in generating one time passcodes (OTPs) in a security environment, the security environment comprising an OTP generator and an OTP validator, the method comprising: generating, at the OTP generator, an OTP according to a function, wherein the function includes as an input a device id; validating the OTP at the OTP validator, whereby the validation comprises: generating, at the OTP validator, a second OTP according to the function; and determining whether the OTP is valid based on a comparison of the OTP with the second OTP generated at the OTP validator; wherein the device identifier is obtained from a virtual software environment; wherein the OTP generator operates in the virtual software environment; and wherein the virtual software environment provides the device identifier, wherein the device identifier binds a token to the virtual software environment.