Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cognitive password pattern checker to enforce stronger, unrepeatable passwords
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Application No.: US15805802Application Date: 2017-11-07
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Publication No.: US09965616B2Publication Date: 2018-05-08
- Inventor: Itzhack Goldberg , Harry R. McGregor , Christopher B. Moore , Shawn P. Mullen , Neil Sondhi
- 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 Michael O'Keefe
- Main IPC: G06F21/46
- IPC: G06F21/46 ; H04L29/06

Abstract:
A method for determining a password strength is provided. The method may include receiving a user-entered password. The method may also include identifying a keyboard layout type associated with a keyboard utilized to enter the received user-entered password. The method may further include mapping each character within a plurality of characters in the received user-entered password to a corresponding location on a grid associated with the identified keyboard layout type. The method may also include determining a coordinate sequence associated with the received user-entered password based on the mapped plurality of characters. The method may further include applying a pattern recognition algorithm to the determined coordinate sequence. The method may also include determining a password strength based on the applied pattern recognition algorithm.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180096134A1 COGNITIVE PASSWORD PATTERN CHECKER TO ENFORCE STRONGER, UNREPEATABLE PASSWORDS Public/Granted day:2018-04-05
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