Apparatus and method of tiered authentication

G Goffin - US Patent App. 11/313,375, 2007 - Google Patents
A system and method of authenticating a user is disclosed. A plurality of authentication
schemes for authen ticating a user on a device are provided, each of the plurality of …

Multifactor device authentication

AD Ross - US Patent 7,774,824, 2010 - Google Patents
Method and apparatus for device authentication with multiple factors. In one embodiment a
combination of attributes and/or identifying values known by the device and the …

Secure object for convenient identification

P Ong - US Patent App. 10/420,676, 2004 - Google Patents
A method and apparatus for automatic user authentication are described. The method
includes receiving information at a device, the device including a credential container; …

System and method for device security with a plurality of authentication modes

J Pratt, L Pearson, M Sullivan - US Patent 8,595,804, 2013 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A security processing element stores authentication data cor responding to
a plurality of possible authentication modes. At a time of activation, the security processing …

System for indentity management and fortification of authentication

P Ong - US Patent App. 10/383,419, 2004 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method and apparatus for automatic user authentication are described.
Authentication credentials are collected by monitoring authentication procedure of a plurality …

Method and system for gateway-based authentication

K Packingham, R Urbanek - US Patent 7,503,065, 2009 - Google Patents
In a first principal aspect, an exemplary embodiment pro vides a gateway that includes a
user communication interface and a processor. The gateway can include a set of instructions …

Method and apparatus for credential management on a portable device

A D'agostino, D Meyer, G DellaRatta… - US Patent App. 10 …, 2005 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A System and/or method that enables a user to manage credential
information for approving communications with various network and/or Server components …

Method and apparatus for selecting an appropriate authentication method on a client

N Cam-Winget, H Zhou, RB O'Hara Jr… - US Patent …, 2011 - Google Patents
In one embodiment, a method for facilitating authentication and ease the configuration of
authentication includes receiving a credential type selection and selecting one or more …

Extensible system for building and evaluating credentials

SR Hanna, AH Anderson, YK Elley - US Patent 7,010,690, 2006 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method and apparatus for authenticating and authorizing a user of a
device connected to a network. In one embodi ment, a set of credential descriptorS is …

Method and apparatus for the secure identification of the owner of a portable device

IJ Labaton - US Patent 8,132,012, 2012 - Google Patents
An authentication system is provided that includes a portable device and a decryption node.
An individual uses the portable device. Such as a portable device like a cellphone to …