Patent ID: 7650647
Filing Date: 2010-01-19
Classification: G06F,G07C

Abstract:
1. A method for setting basic means of access for operation of devices of which the operation is controllable by electronic means, comprising: said devices comprising mobile phones, small computer-controlled consumer devices with relatively low level of computing power, computers, motor vehicles, control terminals for industrial processes, all of which devices may require authentication prior to operation, said authentication comprising a temporary deactivation which adds authorization patterns of progressive hierarchies of access rights to said devices prior to said operation; establishment of a link between a personal authentication system supplied with encryption data and a logic system able to control an electronic device control, said encryption data being stored solely in said authentication system; said link between said authentication system and said device being via wired or wireless means; checking said encryption data in said authentication system prior to operation of said electronic device control; assignment of a plurality of predetermined means of access to said electronic device control associated with said authentication system, said predetermined means providing access to physical hardware resources and access to different software functions, based on the privileges of the user who identified himself to the system, said software function evaluates a security token and is running on top of said physical hardware, said predetermined means of access being dependent upon the level of authorization that is set in said personal authorization system; enabling of said predetermined means for access for said authentication system dependent on the result of said check; said method providing means for protecting said devices against unauthorized access by rendering said devices configurable in a user friendly and secure way making them accessible for an individual, customized use by a person.