Patent ID: 8875232

Claim:
A method of authenticating access to a service, the method comprising: a) receiving, at a first terminal that is in close proximity to a second terminal, at least part of a service identifier that identifies a service provided by a server to which the second terminal seeks access, wherein the at least part of the service identifier is received at the first terminal over a near-field communication (NFC) channel between the first terminal and the second terminal; b) determining, at the first terminal, whether the received at least part of the service identifier corresponds to one or more approved services for the second terminal, wherein information indicating whether a service is approved for the second terminal is stored in the first terminal; c) if it is determined by the first terminal that the received at least part of the service identifier matches an approved service for the second terminal, displaying on a display of the first terminal: (1) information relating to the at least part of the service identifier, and (2) a request for a user to interact with the first terminal to provide consent to allow or deny the second terminal access to the service; d) receiving, at the first terminal, consent from the user to allow or deny the second terminal to access the service; e) generating, at the first terminal, a key to authenticate access to the service if the received response from the user indicates that the user consents to allowing the second terminal to access the service; f) transmitting the key from the first terminal to the second terminal over the near-field communication (NFC) channel to allow the user to access the service with the second terminal; and g) generating, at the first terminal, an audible or tactile indication if the at least part of the service identifier matchers an approved service identifier.