Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multiple input based passwords
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Application No.: US14993436Application Date: 2016-01-12
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Publication No.: US09380056B2Publication Date: 2016-06-28
- Inventor: Anuj Dubey , Maruthi Latha , Rohit Shetty , Anurag A. Sinha
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent William H. Hartwell; John W. Hayes
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06

Abstract:
A computer-implemented method, carried out by one or more processors, for utilizing one or more input methods for passwords. In an embodiment, the method comprises the steps of determining, by one or more processors, one or more input methods supported for a password entry, wherein the password entry verifies a user's credentials; receiving, by one or more processors, a candidate password through the one or more input methods, wherein each character of the candidate password has an associated input method; and storing, by one or more processors, the candidate password as the password entry, along with the associated input method for each character of the candidate password.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160127350A1 MULTIPLE INPUT BASED PASSWORDS Public/Granted day:2016-05-05
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