| 摘要 |
A method is disclosed of installing a software application, typically a security application such as a one-time password application, on a mobile computing device such as a mobile telephone or PDA. The method comprises creating an account for a user on a network, the account having user identification data including a user name, a user e-mail address and an address of a mobile computing device of the user. An invitation message is transmitted to the user, the invitation including a link to an installation web page. A deployment server supporting the installation web page receives an initial request from the user to install the software application, transmits data to the mobile computing device of the user and receives a response from the mobile computing device, from which one or more characteristics of the mobile computing device can be determined. When a confirmatory request is received at the deployment server from the mobile computing device to install the software application, the software application is transmitted to the mobile computing device and installed on it. The mobile computing device can then function like a dedicated hardware token. |
