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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
May. 19, 2004
Applicant:
Laurence Hamid, Ottawa, CA;
Inventor:
Laurence Hamid, Ottawa, CA;
Assignee:
Activcard Ireland Limited, Dublin, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of authorizing a user at a location is disclosed. A user data input device is used for receiving of user information. In dependence upon stored policy data, a location of the workstation and other characteristics thereof, an authorization method for the user is determined. In the authorization method, the user is first identified with the security server and then optionally authorized thereby. The stored policy data results in different determined methods for different authorization procedures based upon the user data and the characteristic of the user data input device and the workstation.