Personal identification system and method for carrying it out

摘要

A personal identification system for use in providing identification for access to a web site from a user location comprises a web passport certificate; a mobile device associated with said web passport; request means at said web site for requesting further identification; access means at said web site for accessing data from the web passport certificate and identifying said mobile device associated therewith; supply means at said web site for supplying a unique identification code to said mobile device; input means at said location for inputting said unique identification code; comparison means at said web site for comparing said inputted identification code with the identification code sent to said mobile device, and permit means at said web site for permitting access to the web site in dependence on the comparison of said identification codes.