Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods, systems, and computer program products for recovering a password using user-selected third party authorization
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Application No.: US15073751Application Date: 2016-03-18
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Publication No.: US09710642B2Publication Date: 2017-07-18
- Inventor: Nemmara K. Shankaranarayanan , William Roberts Cheswick
- Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, LP
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Scott P. Zimmerman, PLLC
- Main IPC: G06F21/00
- IPC: G06F21/00 ; H04L9/32 ; G06F7/04 ; G06F21/45 ; G06F21/31 ; H04L29/06
Abstract:
A password recovery technique for access to a system includes receiving a request from a first party to recover the first party's password to access the system, receiving a selection of a second party from the first party, sending a message to the second party requesting that the second party authorize the request to recover the first party's password, receiving authorization from the second party for the request to recover the first party's password, and resetting the first party's password responsive to receiving authorization from the second party.
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