Patent · US Expired

Personal communicator authentication

US7260221B1 · kind B1 · utility

154Cited by

67References

22Claims

0Family size

Assignee

BEEPCARD LTD · IL

Inventor

Alon Atsmon · Yehud Monosson, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 16, 1999
Grant date	Aug 21, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 16, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04M1/72412
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of authentication using an electronic device (20), comprising: providing a computer (22, 24, 26, 28, 140) having a sound receiving (28) and generating sub-system including a microphone (26); providing a personal communicator (30, 144) which utilizes a communication network (148); initiating a connection by the computer (22, 24, 26, 28, 140), over the communications network (148), to the personal communicator (30, 144) and identifying the personal communicator (30, 144) responsive to an audio response of the personal communicator (30, 144) to the connection initiation. Preferably, the personal communicator (30, 144) is a cellular telephone.

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