Patent ID: 8468582
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for authenticating a security device at a local network location for providing a secure access from the local network location to a remote network location, the method comprising: at the security device, having a global unique identifier (UID), a processor and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium: forwarding the PIN, the UID and the private security software to the remote network location for generating a user-personalized credential code using the PIN, the UID and the private security software, comprising scrambling the user-personalized credential code; at the security device, obtaining the user-personalized credential code from the remote network location, and verifying an authenticity of the user selectable PIN and the UID, without communicating over any network, comprising de-scrambling the user-personalized credential code; and retrieving access credentials to the remote network location upon verifying the authenticity of the user selectable PIN and the UID.