摘要 |
A method of authenticating a user of a video terminal to an authentication server by means of a cellular phone, the method comprising the steps of, on the authentication server,
generating (101) a machine-readable code,
sending (102) the machine-readable code to the video terminal by means of a computer network,
receiving (103) a credential from the cellular phone by means of a cellular network, and
comparing (104) the machine-readable code to the credential, the method comprises the further steps of, in case of a match (105) between the machine-readable code and the credential,
receiving (106) a session code from the cellular phone by means of the cellular network,
receiving (107) a further session code from the video terminal by means of the computer network,
comparing (108) the session code to the further session code, and,
in case of a further match (109) between the session code and the further session code, initiating (110) a terminal session.
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