Automatic authentication selection server
US7721326B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 10, 2005 |
| Grant date | May 18, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 30, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/205
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An authentication server automatically selects one of plural authentications identified by authentication identifiers to authorize access by a user to a service dispensed by a service server of a provider identified by a provider identifier via a communication network. The server includes a module for selecting an authentication identifier in a memory as a function of the provider identifier and the type of the terminal and/or the network type of the communication network, and a module for authenticating the user by launching an authentication process associated with the authentication identifier.
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