Patent ID: 7249371

Claim:
A method for adding a communication device in a secure communication system comprising the steps of: A. a user accessing a database in a secure way as provided in that database and according to an authorization given to the user there, wherein the connection is achieved with a user's communication device which is used at present with the database, having already been recognized in the database as a legitimate user; B. recognizing the user in the database and giving access to facilities in that database, wherein one of the available facilities performs the service of changing the communication device or adding additional devices to a listed device(s); C. the user asking for the service of changing the communication device, to add a new communication device to a list of legitimate users' devices in the database; D. the database responding by sending temporary identification means for that user for the purpose of adding a new communication device; E. the user connecting to the database using the new communication device and presenting the temporary identification means received earlier in the process, and the database recognizing the user accordingly; F. presenting one or more characteristics of the new communication device and recording said one or more characteristics in the database; G. the database relating that specific user with the new communication device, after recording one or more characteristics of the new communication device as belonging to the known, said legitimate user; H. the database recognizing the new communication device and granting access to the database during subsequent access to the database; wherein in step D the user is given a specific time period during which he/she has to connect with the new communication device (perform step E), otherwise the temporary identification means becomes void.