Patent ID: 7207058

Claim:
A system for facilitating an authentication of a user comprising: a first computer system configured to verify an identity of said user and transmit characteristics regarding a process used to initially associate user credentials to said user, physical controls of a facility housing said first computer, and at least one of information regarding a process used to verify said identity, procedural security controls of said first computer, and how a secret is kept secure; and a second computer system configured to provide services to said user, wherein said second computer system communicates with said first computer system; and further wherein, said second computer system is configured to request additional authentication credentials from said first computer system upon determining that said process used to verify said identity does not substantially comply with a predetermined class established by said second computer system; and further wherein, said second computer system allows interaction with said second computer system provided that said process used to verify said identity at said first computer system substantially complies with a predetermined class established by said second computer system.