US 11,706,212 B2
Method for securing electronic transactions
Diego Matute, Kanata (CA)
Assigned to Cyphercor Inc., Kanata (CA)
Filed by Diego Matute, Kanata (CA)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/559,067.
Application 17/559,067 is a continuation of application No. 14/334,981, filed on Jul. 18, 2014, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/847,644, filed on Jul. 18, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0116386 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01)
CPC H04L 63/0853 (2013.01) [H04L 63/18 (2013.01); H04W 12/068 (2021.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01); H04L 2463/082 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
associating a mobile electronic device with a first user;
retrievably storing, by a first computer system, registration data relating to the first user and including a unique device identifier that is unique to the mobile electronic device associated with the first user and unique to an instance of a security application installed thereon;
causing, by the first computer system, a first push notification to be transmitted to the mobile electronic device by requesting a push notification process in dependence upon the unique device identifier and for pushing notification content, the push notification process for transmitting the first push notification to the mobile electronic device associated with the unique device identifier, the first push notification when displayed on the mobile electronic device prompting the first user to provide a confirmation reply via a user interface of the mobile electronic device for activating the mobile electronic device as a security token; and
activating the mobile electronic device as a security token for the first user and for an instance of the application installed on the mobile electronic device in response to receiving at the first computer system, from the mobile electronic device, data confirming the confirmation reply from the first user.