Patent ID: 7320139

Claim:
A method for executing at least one application to which access by a user is controlled by the provision of credentials assigned to said user, said method including: (a) determining whether a match exists between first credentials stored in a first memory section and second credentials supplied by a user; and (b) authorizing access to said application in response to an identified match between said first credentials stored in said first memory unit and said second credentials supplied by the user via a security device that is personal to the user and that includes a second memory section for storage of the second credentials; and (c) performing at least some credentials management comprising: reading said second credentials stored in said second memory section in response to presentation of a request to access said application, selectively activating automatic generation and automatic loading into said first and second memory section of new credentials replacing previously stored versions of said first and second credentials, and activating automatically said credentials updating each time a match of said first and second credentials has been identified.