Patent ID: 9219708
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G07F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of authenticating, using an authentication server, the use of an authentication device by at least a first user over a communication network via an intermediate communication device at a vendor location, comprising: receiving an interaction request to communicate with said intermediate device by said intermediate device from said first user; responding to said interaction request by said intermediate device, to said first user; receiving an authentication datagram by said intermediate device, said authentication datagram including data from the first user, in response to said responding; protecting said datagram by said intermediate device, by at least one of changing, adding to, encrypting and signing of said datagram prior to said authenticating; adding a vendor-associated information item to said protected datagram by said intermediate device to link together said vendor-associated information and said protected datagram, prior to said authenticating; forwarding said linked vendor-associated information item and said protected datagram to said authentication server via the communication network, by said intermediate device, for authentication of at least one of the vendor and of the first user; comparing said datagram or a hash thereof to a hash table at said server; generating a binary validation answer having only a single bit by said server without an associated explanation; outputting said binary validation answer for authentication of the vendor; providing to at least one of the vendor and the user, by said authentication server, an indication of said authentication of at least one of the vendor and the user; and continuing interacting with said first user by said intermediate device in response to said authentication, wherein said intermediate device and said authentication server are separated from one another.