Password recovery
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsNemmara K. Shankaranarayanan, William Roberts Cheswick
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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.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a server, a web page from a device requesting a recovery of a password;
- determining, by the server, a third party specified by the web page that authorizes the recovery of the password;
- sending, by the server, an electronic message to the third party specified by the web page, the electronic message requesting that the third party authorize the recovery of the password;
- receiving, by the server, a response from the third party that authorizes the recovery of the password;
- and
- recovering, by the server, the password based on the response received from the third party.
A system, comprising:
- a hardware processor;
- and
- a memory device, the memory device storing instructions, the instructions when executed causing the hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving a web page from a device requesting a recovery of a password;
- determining a third party specified by the web page that authorizes the recovery of the password;
- sending an electronic message to the third party specified by the web page, the electronic message requesting that the third party authorize the recovery of the password;
- receiving a response from the third party authorizing the recovery of the password;
- and
- recovering the password based on the response from the third party.
A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a hardware processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- receiving a web page from a device requesting a recovery of a password;
- determining a third party specified by the web page that authorizes the recovery of the password;
- sending an electronic message to an address associated with the third party, the electronic message requesting that the third party authorize the recovery of the password;
- receiving a response from the third party authorizing the recovery of the password;
- and
- recovering the password based on the response received from the third party.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.