System and method for preventing identity theft using a secure computing device
US7392534B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 31, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jun 24, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 29, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2463/102
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for effecting secure transactions over a computer network in a manner designed to foil identity theft perpetrated from an untrusted computer. A connection from a client computer to the network wherein the client computer provides a user interface for a user, a connection from a server computer to the network, and a connection from a portable secure computing device to the network provides for secure transmission of private confidential user information from the user to a server. The private information is transmitted directly from the secure computing device to the server over the secure connection without possibility of capture on the computer with which the user is interacting.
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