Smartdisk Corporation

Passfaces Corporation

Visage Development Limited

Smarrt Diskette Gmbh

Andrew Ryan

Raymund H Eisele

Paul Barrett

Axel E Burkart

Peter Holy

Shaun Tantony

A method of authenticating user access to a restricted resource across a computer network, the method characterised by: communicating client device configuration data to a server and assigning a risk analysis score based on the client device configuration data; and generating an alert at a client device in response to the risk analysis score.

Method and system for authenticating user access to a restricted resource across a computer network

A distributed client/server computer network wherein the identity of at least one complex image, selected from a plurality of complex images stored by a client, is transmitted to a remote server. The remote server then determines, from the identity of the or each image selected, whether the client is authorised to gain access, via the server, to a particular network resource. The network is thus efficient, as the complex images themselves do not need to be transmitted from the client to the server, and secure, as no authorization information is stored by the client.

Distributed client/server computer network

An element which can be plugged into an electronic data processing (EDP) device, for receiving a user card which is equipped with components, including at least one of a processor and/or data memory, a frame having an exterior form, which is designed to accommodate the user card, a first interface for transferring data between the element and the EDP device, and a second interface formed by contacts on the user card and on the frame, for transferring data to and from the user card. The exterior form of the frame is that of a diskette so that it can be inserted into a diskette station of an EDP device. The first interface between the element and the EDP device is designed in a standard fashion, so that data can be transferred using a standard read/write device already present in the diskette station of the EDP device. The frame carries a battery for supplying current via the interface to the components located on the user card, if required, and carries an additional processor and data memory for providing the element with additional processor and storage capacity.

Apparatus and method for transferring information between a removable memory and a computer

Apparatus and method for transferring information between a smart diskette device and a computer

Smart diskette device adaptable to receive electronic medium

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Brighton, United Kingdom

Andrew Ryan