Patent ID: 8713655

Claim:
A method for providing access to a plurality of services offered by a service provider, the method comprising: providing personal information of a user by a personal communication device to the service provider for accessing the plurality of services, the personal communication device being associated with the user; receiving a set of registration information from the service provider at the personal communication device; providing a first set of information to a service outlet by the personal communication device, wherein the first set of information is selected from the set of registration information; providing a second set of information to the personal communication device by the service outlet, the service outlet being associated with the service provider, wherein the second set of information is related to the service provider and is not user-specific; authenticating the personal communication device and the service outlet based on the first set of information and the second set of information; establishing a communication channel between the personal communication device and the service outlet, the communication channel being established based on the authentication of the personal communication device and the service outlet; receiving a third set of information at the service outlet from the personal communication device; authenticating the personal communication device by the service outlet based on the second set of information and the third set of information; authenticating the service outlet by the personal communication device based on the second set of information; and receiving access to the plurality of services from the service outlet, the access being received over the communication channel through the personal communication device.