Patent ID: 8839380
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: G06F,G07C,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for a temporary personalization of a mobile communications device for an individual user to have access to a specific service or a specific application, comprising the steps: establishing a communications link between the mobile communications device and an authentication device; transmitting an authentication request from the authentication device to the mobile communications device; acquiring a first unique feature of the user by an acquisition measure of the mobile communications device; transmitting the acquired first unique feature to the authentication device; comparing the transmitted first unique feature with a stored reference feature from a plurality of reference features of various users stored in the authentication device; and if there is agreement between the transmitted first unique feature and the stored reference feature, the user is identified and authenticated and a unique user ID is transmitted to the mobile communications device, wherein: the mobile communications device is a mobile phone; the first unique feature comprises at least one of the group comprising a biometric feature, alphanumeric code, and personal behavior pattern; the user ID comprises a network ID; the mobile communications device is registered with a communications network by means of the unique user ID, thereby registering the communications device as a valid and approved remote communications station in the communications network; and after the user has been identified and authenticated, the unique user ID is temporarily stored in a memory unit for the specific service or specific application; and if there is no or imperfect agreement between the transmitted first unique feature and the stored reference feature, a request for re-authentication is transmitted to the communications device and a second unique feature with higher security is acquired, wherein security is based on a hierarchic reference model of unique features.