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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2005
Koen Hendrik Johan Vrielink, Eindhoven, NL;
Petrus Johannes Lenoir, Eindhoven, NL;
Robert Paul Koster, Eindhoven, NL;
Joost Reuzel, Eindhoven, NL;
Koen Hendrik Johan Vrielink, Eindhoven, NL;
Petrus Johannes Lenoir, Eindhoven, NL;
Robert Paul Koster, Eindhoven, NL;
Joost Reuzel, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of allowing access to an authorized domain (), the authorized domain () being managed by a domain manager (), comprising a step in which a user authentication device (), which user authentication device is linked to a foreign device (), asserts to the domain manager that a local link () between the user authentication device and the foreign device is limited in distance, and a step in which the domain manager allows the foreign device to operate as a member of the authorized domain if the assertion is accepted as accurate.