Systems and Methods for Universal Password Control
AssigneeBellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
InventorJohn Hollingsworth
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Abstract
A system and method is described for controlling the password(s) of one or more programs through a universal program. The universal control program allows access to one or more other programs and allows editing of the passwords of the other programs directly through the universal access program.
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A system for accessing multiple programs, the system comprising:
- a central program capable of automatically accessing a plurality of secondary programs and a plurality of tertiary programs;
- a control unit in communication with the central program, wherein the control unit allows control of which of the plurality of secondary programs and which of the plurality of tertiary programs to access;
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- wherein the central program utilizes the control unit to simultaneously edit a plurality of passwords associated with the plurality of secondary programs and the plurality of tertiary programs.
A system for accessing multiple programs, the system comprising:
- means for automatically accessing multiple programs, each program having a password that is accessible by the means for accessing;
- means for controlling in communication with the means for accessing, wherein the means for controlling allows control of which programs to access;
- means for indicating the password for each of the multiple programs to a user;
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- wherein the means for accessing utilizes the means for controlling to review and simultaneously edit the passwords of the multiple programs directly through the means for accessing.
A method for editing passwords of at least a secondary program and a tertiary program via a central control unit executing a central control program, the method comprising:
- receiving a log on and password from a user by the central control unit;
- presenting the user with a graphical user interface (“GUI”), wherein the GUI includes a list of programs that are accessible by the central control unit;
- receiving a selection of a secondary program and a tertiary program from the user for which to edit the passwords;
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- simultaneously editing the passwords for the selected secondary and tertiary programs through the control program.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.