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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 01, 2012
Applicants:

Anthony Rosati, Ottawa, CA;

Scott Alexander Vanstone, Campbellville, CA;

Mark E. Pecen, Waterloo, CA;

Inventors:

Anthony Rosati, Ottawa, CA;

Scott Alexander Vanstone, Campbellville, CA;

Mark E. Pecen, Waterloo, CA;

Assignees:

BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;

Certicom Corp., Mississauga, Ontario, CA;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0853 (2013.01); H04L 9/3271 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04L 63/0272 (2013.01); H04L 63/083 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method are provided for using a mobile device to authenticate access to a private network. The mobile device may operate to receive a challenge from an authentication server, the challenge having being generated according to a request to access a private network; obtain a private value; use the private value, the challenge, and a private key to generate a response to the challenge; and send the response to the authentication server. An authentication server may operate to generate a challenge; send the challenge to a mobile device; receive a response from the mobile device, the response having been generated by the mobile device using a private value, the challenge, and a private key; verify the response; and confirm verification of the response with a VPN gateway to permit a computing device to access a private network.


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