Patent ID: 9009798
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium having an executable computer readable program embodied therein for authenticating a user via a communication medium, wherein the executable computer readable program instructs a processor to perform the following steps: receiving, by a first module of the executable computer readable program, a request from a user to access information; establishing, by a second module of the executable computer readable program, at least one credential of the user; establishing, by a third module of the executable computer readable program, a policy of the user, wherein the user defines a first level of protection for a first account and a second level of protection for a second account, wherein the second level of protection is more secure than the first level of protection; storing, by a fourth module of the executable computer readable program, the at least one credential and the policy of the user in a database; and authenticating, by a fifth module of the executable computer readable program, the user by implementing the policy of the user by using at least one credential of the first level of protection as a credential for the second level of protection, wherein the credential comprises information from at least one identification device, the information of the credential of the first level of protection is the same as information of the credential of the second level of protection, and the credential gathered by the identification device is used to authenticate the user for a first account having the first level of protection and a second account having the second level of protection during one session.