Information security – Access control or authentication – Stand-alone
Reexamination Certificate
2011-01-18
2011-01-18
Truong, Thanhnga B (Department: 2438)
Information security
Access control or authentication
Stand-alone
C726S006000, C713S184000, C380S044000, C380S051000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07873995
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus are provided for generating passwords that may be memorized by a user, yet not easily guessed by an attacker. A user is presented with one or more textual, audio or visual hints. A password is automatically generated based on the selected hint (and possibly further input from the user). The presented hints may include poems, songs, jokes, pictures or words. The generated password and selected hint can be presented to the user during enrollment for further reinforcement and stored in a user database for subsequent reinforcement and verification. The enrollment process may schedule the sending of one or more reminder messages to the user containing the hint to reinforce the password in the user's memory.
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Bagga Amit
Bentley Jon
O'Gorman Lawrence
Avaya Inc.
Breyer Wayne S.
DeMont Jason Paul
Ryan Joseph B.
Truong Thanhnga B
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