Patent ID: 8225380

Claim:
A method of authenticating access, the method comprising in any order at least the acts of: receiving from a person seeking access, identification indicia and a present password for the person seeking the access; comparing the present password to a previous password stored in memory; proceeding to provide the access only if the resent password matches the previous password stored in memory; identifying a person having authority for the access; sending a first automated message through a mobile phone network to a mobile phone of the person having authority for the access, the first automated message is encrypted and containing: an identification of the access requested and a request for an affirmative action to indicate authorization of the access; and a password; receiving the password in the first automated message at the mobile phone of the person having authority for the access; and receiving from the mobile phone of the person having authority for the access, a second message that is encrypted and containing the password and indicating that the person having authority for the access has taken the affirmative action to indicate authorization of the access.