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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
May. 12, 2011
Eckehard Hermann, Griesheim, DE;
Dieter Hermann Kessler, Gräfenhausen, DE;
Eckehard Hermann, Griesheim, DE;
Dieter Hermann Kessler, Gräfenhausen, DE;
Software AG, Darmstadt, DE;
Abstract
A method for authenticating an entity at a first data resource, the method comprising the steps of: sending a first request token from the entity () to a token distribution unit () to request a first one-way authentication token, the first request token being a function of authentication information provided by the entity (); sending the first one-way authentication token from the token distribution unit () to the entity (); sending the first one-way authentication token from the entity () to the first data resource () to authenticate the entity () at the first data resource (); sending the first one-way authentication token from the first data resource () to the token distribution unit () to validate the first one-way token; and invalidating the first one-way token.