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Source access using request and one-way authentication tokens

US8028331B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SOFTWARE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Eckehard Hermann · Griesheim, DE
Dieter Kessler · Darmstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 19, 2005
Grant date	Sep 27, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 15, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L63/0838
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for authenticating an entity at a first data resource, the method comprising the steps of: sending a first request token from the entity (100) to a token distribution unit (20) to request a first one-way authentication token, the first request token being a function of authentication information provided by the entity (100); sending the first one-way authentication token from the token distribution unit (20) to the entity (100); sending the first one-way authentication token from the entity (100) to the first data resource (200) to authenticate the entity (100) at the first data resource (200); sending the first one-way authentication token from the first data resource (200) to the token distribution unit (20) to validate the first one-way token; and invalidating the first one-way token.

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