Patent ID: 8584205

Claim:
A transmission-based authentication system, the system comprising: at least one transmitter, wherein the at least one transmitter transmits an authentication beam and at least one guard beam, wherein the at least one transmitter is employed in at least one of at least one satellite and at least one pseudo-satellite, and wherein the at least one satellite is at least one of a Lower Earth Orbiting (LEO) satellite, a Medium Earth Orbiting (MEO) satellite, and a Geosynchronous Earth Orbiting (GEO) satellite; and at least one receiver, wherein the at least one receiver receives at least one resultant signal, wherein the at least one resultant signal includes the authentication beam and at least one of the at least one guard beam; and at least one authenticator device, wherein the at least one authenticator device authenticates at least one claimant by evaluating the at least one resultant signal the at least one claimant receives from the at least one receiver.