Patent ID: 8640255

Claim:
An authorization device for receiving input from a user of a local user computer for authorizing operations of a remote server requested from a local user computer via a data communications network, the authorization device comprising: a processor; a computer interface configured to connect to the local user computer for facilitating communication with the remote server via a data communications network; a user interface including an input mechanism for input of the user authorization by the user of the local user computer and configured to present information to the user of the local user computer; a security device interface configured to connect to a security device storing the security data; and control logic adapted to: use security data to establish, via the security device interface in communication with the local user computer in a state in which the computer interface is connected to the local user computer, a mutually authenticated connection for encrypted end-to-end communications with the server; collect from the server, via the connection, information indicative of any operation requested via a connection to the server other than the mutually authenticated connection and requiring authorization by the user; and present the collected information to the user via the user interface to prompt for authorization of the operation.