Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for dynamically generating a hint to recall a password for a user account of a user
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Application No.: US15258826Application Date: 2016-09-07
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Publication No.: US10440008B2Publication Date: 2019-10-08
- Inventor: Abdulrahman Saad Alarifi , Mansour Abdulrahman Alsaleh , Noura Nassir Alomar
- Applicant: The King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology
- Applicant Address: SA Riyadh
- Assignee: THE KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Current Assignee: THE KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Current Assignee Address: SA Riyadh
- Agency: Dennemeyer & Associates, LLC
- Agent Steven M. Shape
- Main IPC: G06F21/46
- IPC: G06F21/46 ; G06F21/45 ; H04L29/06 ; G06F21/31 ; H04L9/32 ; G06F17/30

Abstract:
The invention provides a method and system for dynamically generating a hint to recall a password for a user account of a user. The method for dynamically generating the hint to recall the password for the user account of the user includes the steps of receiving the password for the user account while the user inputs the password field of a login page. The password comprises a plurality of characters. The method, then, converts the password from the plain text to a hash value using a hash function. Thereafter, the method performs a modulo operation on the hash value to obtain an index pointing an object within an object library associated with the user. The method, then, displays, the object as the hint. The hint enables the user to create a mental association between the password and the object for the user account.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180069843A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY GENERATING A HINT TO RECALL A PASSWORD FOR A USER ACCOUNT OF A USER Public/Granted day:2018-03-08
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