Method and system for authenticating a user

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G06F 1/00 (2006.01)

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CA 2538689

A method and system of authenticating the identity of a person is disclosed which involves obtaining a value representing an overall degree of trust that the user is who he or she claims to be. A plurality of values are obtained from different authentication sources. By combining the values using fuzzy inference rules, an authentication system which is more easily adapted to new sources of authentication information is provided. in one embodiment the authentication sources are software agent programs.

L'invention concerne un procédé et un système permettant d'authentifier l'identité d'une personne, ledit procédé impliquant l'obtention d'une valeur correspondant à un degré global de confiance permettant de supposer que l'utilisateur est bien la personne qu'il prétend être. Une pluralité de valeurs est obtenue à partir de différentes sources d'authentification. Grâce à la combinaison de valeurs faisant appel à des règles d'inférences floues, on obtient un système d'authentification qui est plus facilement adapté aux nouvelles sources d'informations d'authentification. Dans un mode de réalisation, les sources d'authentification sont des agents logiciels.

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