Abstract: The remote electronic authentication method uses an electronic communication device (20) with a camera (21) and an authentication related server computer (30). In a connecting step the communication device (20) of the user is connected with the server computer via a communication line (40) and transmits image data sequences taken by the camera (21) to the server computer (30) which then identifies image portions of the acquired data stream related to an identity document shown in the image data sequences as well as image portions related to the head of a user at the user computer (20) in the same image data sequences. A comparison is made between an image of a head in the image related to the identity document and the image of the head of the user and a decision proposal is issued relating to identity of the heads from the two acquired image portions.

Abstract: The method for executing remote electronic authentication uses a user computer/mobile device (20) with an user image acquisition device (21) and uses an authentication related server computer (30) having a server related display (21) and a server input device (22). In a connecting step the user computer (20) is connected with the server computer via a communication line (40), wherein the user computer (20) retrieves images and video sequences taken by the user image acquisition device (21) and transmits this information to the authentication related server computer (30).