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System and method for providing a one-time key for identification

US8732460B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

Charles Douglas Blewett · San Diego, US
Megan Blewett · San Diego, US
Juan A. Garay · Guttenberg, US
Robert C. Haarde · Sudbury, US
Thomas Killian · Westfield, US
Yitzhak H. Mandelbaum · Pittsburgh, US
Simon Urbanek · Madison, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 28, 2010
Grant date	May 20, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 16, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2209/805
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A server includes a key generator and an authenticator. The key generator is configured to receive a request for a first key from a worker device, to create the first key that is associated with a worker, and to transmit the first key to the worker device. The authenticator is in communication with the key generator, the authenticator is configured to receive a second key and identification details from a customer device, to transmit the identification details to the worker device, to receive acknowledgment of the identification details from the worker device, and to authenticate the second key and the identification details with the customer device.

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