Patent ID: 7921209

Claim:
A method of integrating authentication protocols in establishing a connection between a first computing device and at least one second computing device, the method comprising: receiving a request for user authentication at the first computing device to access the at least one second computing device, wherein the first computing device is a controlled-access device; and establishing a connection between the first computing device and the at least one second computing device; said establishing comprising negotiating user authentication at the at least one second computing device by transmitting user authentication data from the first computing device to an authentication server for user authentication at the at least one second computing device, wherein the user authentication data is transmitted automatically from the first computing device to the authentication server if access to use the first computing device has been acquired; wherein the authentication server employs an authentication method in which a response that comprises a first authentication value and other authentication data is received by the authentication server for user authentication at the at least one second computing device; wherein the method further comprises generating the first authentication value at the first computing device, and retrieving the other authentication data from a memory store of the first computing device; and wherein both the first authentication value and the other authentication data are provided as the user authentication data transmitted automatically to the authentication server.