Patent ID: 8132244

Claim:
A method for processing authentication information in a smartcard reader, said method comprising: receiving, by the smartcard reader, a challenge from an authentication server via a first computing device connected to the authentication server via a network; after said receiving the challenge, said smartcard reader transferring the challenge to a smartcard; after said transferring the challenge to the smartcard, said smartcard reader receiving a response to the challenge from the smartcard, said response comprising an encryption of the challenge, said response comprising a first part and a second part, said encryption of the challenge having been generated through use of a private authentication key of a user; in response to the smartcard reader having received the response from the smartcard, said smartcard reader sending the first part of the response to the authentication server via the first computing device; after said sending the first part of the response to the authentication server, said smartcard reader obtaining the challenge from the authentication server via a second computing device connected to the authentication server via the network, said second computing device and said first computing device being different computing devices; after said obtaining the challenge, said smartcard reader providing the challenge to the smartcard; after said providing the challenge to the smartcard, said smartcard reader obtaining the response from the smartcard; in response to the smartcard reader having obtained the response from the smartcard, displaying the second part of the response to the user via a user interface at the smartcard reader.