Password management
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsPhilippe Kaplan, Georges-Henri Moll, Xavier Nodet, Olivier Oudot
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Abstract
A method of generating a password. An embodiment includes: receiving a first user input defining a seed for the password, receiving a second user input defining a destination for the password, operating a coding function to generate the password from the first user input and the second user input, and outputting the password generated by the coding function.
Claims18
A method of generating a password, the method comprising:
- receiving a first user input defining a seed for the password;
- receiving a second user input defining a destination for the password;
- operating a coding function to generate the password from the first user input and the second user input;
- and
- outputting the password generated by the coding function.
A system for generating a password, the system comprising:
- a graphical user interface for:
- receiving a first user input defining a seed for the password;
- and
- receiving a second user input defining a destination for the password,
- and
- a processor for:
- operating a coding function to generate the password from the first user input and the second user input;
- and
- outputting the password generated by the coding function.
A computer program product on a computer readable medium for generating a password, the program product comprising instructions for:
- receiving a first user input defining a seed for the password;
- receiving a second user input defining a destination for the password;
- operating a coding function to generate the password from the first user input and the second user input;
- and
- outputting the password generated by the coding function.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.