Patent ID: 8195126
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling access to information from or about computing devices, the method comprising: deriving, using a processor, a plurality of tokens; generating an authorizing communication to enable a first one of the devices to obtain information from or about a second wireless one of the devices, the authorizing communication enabling the second device to receive a token assigned to the first device; presenting the authorizing communication to a user of the second device in a form enabling the user of the second device to view and manually enter the token into computer-readable medium in the second device using a user interface of the second device; enabling a user of the first device to make a request for information from or about the second device using a user interface of the first device; transmitting the request to a server including an information management system embodied partly in computer-readable medium in the server; and fulfilling the request and providing the information from or about the second device to the first device via the server only if the user of the second device has manually entered the token assigned to the first device.