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US 2004/0073802 A1Published application
User identification with an improved password input method
OwnerDong-Seok Seolinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a user identification method that uses an indirect password. This method allows a password control system to identify a user with a received value, which is calculated by a predetermined function known to both the user and the password control system, and a value of a variable. The variable being provided from the password control system. According to the present invention, the password is less likely to be misappropriated in the input stage and interception on the transmission line by hacking would be futile.
Claims5
A method for identification of a user by the input of an indirect password comprising:
- registering a password input method as a function composed of variables which are agreed with or assigned by a password control system;
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- comparing an identifier and a password input by the user for identification with the variables which are agreed to or assigned by a password control system and a value calculated by the registered function.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.