Patent ID: 7954137
Filing Date: 2011-05-31
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for granting access to a second institution for or via a second device by linking of a first characteristic of a first device and a second characteristic of a second device by a server, comprising the steps of: receiving at the server a request for triggering the following steps: selecting a first linking information and a second linking information, the first linking information matching to the second linking information, sending from the server the first linking information to the first device and the second linking information to the second device, where the first device is a trusted device and the first characteristic relates to an access legitimization legitimating the first device for accessing a first institution, presenting by the first device the first linking information and by the second device the second linking information, the step of presenting being performed after the step of sending such that the first linking information is output on the first device in parallel to output of the second information on the second device, entering into the first device an indication of the matching of the first linking information and the second linking information, based on the entered indication of the matching, sending from the first device to the server a matching confirmation for confirming the matching to the server, associating the first characteristic and the second characteristic based on the received matching confirmation, for executing the linking, the server further verifying the access legitimization of the first device, based on the linking, sending a message from the server for granting access to the second institution, and wherein the second characteristic comprises an identifier identifying the second device and access to a second institution is granted to or via the second device based on the associating of the first characteristic relating to the access legitimization and the second characteristic comprising the identifier, the second institution being identical to or different from the first institution.