Patent ID: 8561159

Claim:
A method comprising: validating, by a computer-based system for accessing a secure system, first authentication credentials associated with a user and available to said user; obtaining, by said computer-based system for accessing said secure system, second authentication credentials and a second password from a computer-device, wherein said second authentication credentials include said second password and access data, wherein said access data includes information used to locate and access said secure system, and wherein said second authentication credentials are different from said first authentication credentials, and wherein said second password is locally stored on said computer-device of said user, wherein said computer-device of said user is different than said computer-based system for accessing said secure system, wherein the second authentication credentials are obtained in response to validation of said first authentication credentials associated with said user, wherein said second authentication credentials are not available to said user; validating, by said computer-based system for accessing said secure system, said second authentication credentials; transmitting by said computer-based system for accessing said secure system, said access data to said secure system; receiving, by said computer-based system for accessing said secure system, a validation of said access data from said secure system; and allowing, by the said computer-based system for accessing said secure system, access to said secure system.