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Authentication to an identity provider

US8806596B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY · FI

Inventors

Robert Seidl · Barth, DE
Gabor Marton · Budapest, HU
Markus Bauer-Hermann · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 5, 2010
Grant date	Aug 12, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 11, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W12/06
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An arrangement for authenticating a user at a service provider is described. The arrangement makes use of the fact that a user of a mobile communication device can be readily and securely identified by a telecommunications provider and re-uses that authentication to identify the same user when accessing the service provider from a different client. The client instructs the mobile communication device to contact an identity provider at the telecommunications provider and shared secrets are exchanged between the identity provider, mobile communication device and client to confirm that the same user is at the client and the mobile communication device.

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