Method for handling passwork errors
AssigneeHuman Factors International, Inc.
InventorEric Schaffer
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Abstract
Handling incorrectly entered passwords is accomplished by systems, devices, software and software products, and methods, that treat incorrectly entered passwords as case insensitive rather than rejecting them outright. As such, passwords that would normally be rejected, as a result of being entered incorrectly, typically inadvertently, such as if the “Caps Lock” key on the entering user's keyboard was active or “in” when the password was being typed (entered), are accepted as valid.
Claims33
A method for handling incorrect password entries comprising:
- receiving at least one entered password;
- treating the letter characters of the at least one entered password as case insensitive when the letter characters of the at least one entered password are all upper case;
- and
- comparing the case insensitive letter characters of the at least one entered password with the letter characters of a stored password to determine if there is a match between the at least one entered password and the stored password.
A machine-readable medium that provides instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations for handling incorrect password entries, the operations comprising:
- receiving at least one entered password;
- treating the letter characters of the at least one entered password as case insensitive when the letter characters of the at least one entered password are all upper case;
- and
- comparing the case insensitive letter characters of the at least one entered password with the letter characters of a stored password to determine if there is a match between the at least one entered password and the stored password.
A system for handling incorrect password entries comprising:
- a component for receiving at least one entered password;
- a component for treating the letter characters of the at least one entered password as case insensitive when the letter characters of the at least one entered password are all upper case;
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- a component for comparing the case insensitive letter characters of the at least one entered password with the letter characters of a stored password to determine if there is a match between the at least one entered password and the stored password.
A device for handling incorrect password entries comprising:
- at least one storage medium for storing at least one password;
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- a processor in communication with the at least one storage medium, the processor programmed to:
- receive at least one entered password;
- treat the letter characters of the at least one entered password as case insensitive when the letter characters of the at least one entered password are all upper case;
- and
- compare the case insensitive letter characters of the at least one entered password with the letter characters of the at least one stored password to determine if there is a match between the at least one entered password and the at least one stored password.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.