Patent ID: 7941534

Claim:
A method for use with a computer system containing information, the method comprising the steps of: a. providing a separate portable security device for each of a plurality of computer users; b. providing a terminal including a display screen for presenting information to computer users where the terminal is separate from the portable security devices; c. communicating system authentication protocol information from at least one of the security devices to the computer system; d. authenticating the at least one of the security devices with the computer system using the authentication protocol information; e. upon successful completion of the authenticating step, initiating a first access by the computer user associated with the at least one of the security devices to the computer system via the terminal; f. creating, sending, and storing a reauthentication code to the at least one of the security devices, where the reauthentication code is related to a time limit; g. logging the computer user off the terminal; and h. initiating a second access by the computer user associated with the at least one of the security devices to the computer system via the terminal by communicating the reauthentication code to the computer system from the security device and when the reauthentication code is within the time limit allowing the second access, the step of initiating the second access by the computer user to the computer system further including verifying that the reauthentication code includes a neighborhood identifier that matches a neighborhood identifier of the terminal that the computer user is attempting to use to access the computer system.