Patent ID: 8601560
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for authenticating a user terminal in an interface server, comprising: receiving authentication request information from an application service providing server in order to request the interface server to authenticate the user terminal receiving an application service provided from the application service providing server; authenticating the user terminal according to the authenticating request information using an authentication method selected by the interface server or a user of the user terminal; and transmitting authentication response information including an authentication result of performing the authentication method to the application service providing server, wherein the interface server provides an interface for a network to the application service providing server, and wherein the authentication request information is received by passing through the user terminal, and the authentication response information is transmitted by passing through the user terminal, wherein the authentication method is selected by one from among the interface server and the user of the user terminal without intervention of the application service providing server, in order to successfully authenticate the user terminal, when the interface server cannot accept an authentication method selected by the application service providing server, and wherein information about the authentication method selected by the user of the user terminal is shared with the interface server.