Patent ID: 8532620

Claim:
A method for performing user security operations using a mobile communications device, comprising: storing at least one security credential for a user in the mobile communications device, wherein the storing at least one security credential comprises: storing a private key for the user, wherein the private key and a corresponding public key are registered with a certification authority; and storing a certificate from the certification authority, wherein the certificate binds the public key to the user; receiving at the mobile communications device, a request sent from a client computer to perform an action requiring the at least one security credential stored in the mobile communications device, wherein the request includes information regarding a service application executing in a remote server for which the action is requested, and wherein the request is responsive to an access by the user from the client computer to the service application executing in the remote server through communication between the client computer and the remote server and the communication not being via the mobile communications device; determining, by a request validation module of said mobile communications device, a response to the request based upon at least one user configured personal security preference at the mobile communications device; and transmitting the determined response to the client computer.