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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2002
Martin Gerdes, Herzogenrath, DE;
Frank Hartung, Herzogenrath, DE;
Silke Holtmanns, Baesweiler, DE;
Marko Schuba, Herzogenrath, DE;
Martin Gerdes, Herzogenrath, DE;
Frank Hartung, Herzogenrath, DE;
Silke Holtmanns, Baesweiler, DE;
Marko Schuba, Herzogenrath, DE;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A universal authentication mechanism for authenticating a user to a service provider (SP) is disclosed. An application device (ApD) requests a service for the user from the service provider (SP) and performs a transmission of a user identity (S) identifying the user to the service provider (SP). The service provider sends a request for confirmation of the user identity (S) to an authentication server (AS). The request comprises the user identity and a service identity identifying the requested service. The authentication server (AS) sends a request for service authentication (S) to the authentication device (AuD) for confirmation. Based on the result of an analysis (S) of a service authentication confirmation (S) received from the authentication device (AuD), the authentication server (AS) sends a confirmation of the user identity (S) confirming the identity of the user to the service provider (SP), which grants service access (S).