Electronic password wallet
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsAnthony Edward Martinez, Michael D. Rahn
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Abstract
A convenient and secure system and method for access to any number of password-protected computer applications, web sites and forms without adding to the user cognitive load and without circumventing the inherent security of such password-protection schemes. An existing password field on a device display is overlaid with password wallet pop-up field which allows a wallet “master” key to unlock the wallet. An application-specific and/or user-specific password is automatically retrieved from the wallet and entered into the password field with no other user action required.
Claims19
A method within a computing platform of graphically providing a secure field value retrieval and entry, wherein said computing platform includes a display device, a field activation device and a user selection device, said method comprising:
- displaying a user dialogue to receive a master key value from a user responsive to activation of a field;
- receiving a computing context indicator regarding the context of said activated field;
- determining said master key value is a correct master key value;
- retrieving a field value from a secure field value store which is associated with said computing context, said activated field and a user identification;
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- automatically entering said retrieved field value into said activated field.
A computer readable medium encoded with software for graphically providing a secure field value retrieval and entry, wherein said computing platform includes a display device, a field activation device and a user selection device, said software causing the computing platform to perform the steps of:
- displaying a user dialogue to receive a master key value from a user responsive to activation of a field;
- receiving a computing context indicator regarding the context of said activated field;
- determining said master key value is a correct master key value;
- retrieving a field value from a secure field value store which is associated with said computing context, said activated field and a user identification;
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- automatically entering said retrieved field value into said activated field.
A system for graphically providing a secure field value storage, retrieval and entry within a computing platform, wherein said computing platform includes a display device, a field activation device, a user selection device and a data storage medium, said system comprising:
- a secure field value store disposed within said data storage medium;
- a user dialogue display on said display device adapted to receive a master key value from a user responsive to activation of a field on said display device;
- a computing context indicator regarding the context of said activated field;
- a master key value evaluator for determining if an master key value entered via said user dialogue display is a correct master key value for said secure field value store;
- a field value retriever for finding in and retrieving from said secure field value store a field value which is associated with said computing context, said activated field and a user identification;
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- a field value inputter for automatically entering said retrieved field value into said activated field.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.