Patent ID: 7539863
Filing Date: 2009-05-26
Classification: G05B,G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: establishing a connection between a portable device and a host device; determining a communication link to a network provided by the host device; identifying the portable device to the host device; instantiating a process on the portable device; determining a first timing identifier; determining a second timing identifier associated with the process; enabling an application on the host device to interact with the process based, at least in part, on a protocol when the second timing identifier is valid relative to the first timing identifier and when the authentication data is valid, wherein enabling the application on the host device to interact with the process includes configuring the process to interact with the application provided by a server on the network through the communication link; and denying access to the process when the second timing identifier is invalid relative to the first timing identifier, wherein the second timing identifier is invalid when the second timing identifier represents a time that is after another time represented by the first timing identifier.