Patent ID: 8315951

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a first device that allows a user to engage in e-commerce transactions; an e-commerce server, coupled to the first device by an access network, wherein an identity of the e-commerce server has not been verified; an authentication proxy, coupled to the e-commerce server by a first trusted path, wherein the authentication proxy generates an authentication token, wherein the authentication token is a fractal pattern, and wherein the authentication proxy sends the authentication token to the e-commerce server over the first trusted path which further comprises seed values to create the fractal pattern; a Telecommunication Service Provider (TSP) server, coupled to the authentication proxy by a first secure path; and a second device, coupled to the TSP server by a second secure path, wherein the first secure path and the second secure path act as a second trusted path, the user verifies the identity of the e-commerce server by comparing the first device to the second device, and the user determines that the e-commerce server is legitimate after matching the first device to the second device.