Abstract: A method of generating an authentication token using a cryptographic based application downloaded to a mobile telephony device and a method of authenticating an online transaction using such a token. The method may be employed in a two factor authentication method uitilising a user password and an authentication token. The method allows a two factor authentication method to be provided by a wide range of mobile telephony devices operating either online or offline. Other authentication systems and methods of authentication are also disclosed.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 14, 2007
Publication date:
December 3, 2009
Applicant:
FRONDE ANYWHERE LIMITED
Inventors:
Caroline Mostyn Dewe, Horatiu Nicolae Parfene, Antony John Williams, Sergio Alvarez Diaz, Jonathan Paul Ide
Abstract: An authentication method in which a token is associated with a mobile device and a user of a remote computer, it is established that the token at the mobile device and remote computer match and the token at the mobile device and remote computer is updated during a connection. Preferably a two factor authentication method is employed in which password authentication is the second factor.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 17, 2007
Publication date:
September 10, 2009
Applicant:
Fronde Anywhere Limited
Inventors:
Horatiu Nicolae Parfene, Antony John Williams