US 2016/0080356 A1 · AUTHENTICATION MECHANISM

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for preventing password leakage into a non-password field includes detecting that a user of an electronic device has entered a character in a non-password field appearing on a display associated with the electronic device. The character is echoed to at least the display, and stored to provide a stored character string. The stored character string is compared to a set of valid entries for the non-password field, when length of the stored character string reaches a predetermined threshold value. An alert is transmitted when the stored character string fails to match at least a substring of an element of the set of valid entries for the non-password field.

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Dependent claims

1-7. (canceled)

A computer program product for preventing password leakage into a non-password field, the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer readable tangible storage media and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage media, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to detect that a user of an electronic device has entered a character in a non-password field appearing on a display associated with the electronic device;
program instructions to echo the character to at least the display;
program instructions to store the character to provide a stored character string;
program instructions to compare the stored character string to a set of valid entries for the non-password field, when length of the stored character string reaches a predetermined threshold value;
and
program instructions to transmit an alert, when the stored character string fails to match at least a substring of an element of the set of valid entries for the non-password field.

4 more elements

A computer system for preventing password leakage into a non-password field, the computer system comprising:

one or more computer processors;
one or more computer readable storage media;
and
program instructions stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to detect that a user of an electronic device has entered a character in a non-password field appearing on a display associated with the electronic device;
program instructions to echo the character to at least the display;
program instructions to store the character to provide a stored character string;
program instructions to compare the stored character string to a set of valid entries for the non-password field, when length of the stored character string reaches a predetermined threshold value;
and
program instructions to transmit an alert, when the stored character string fails to match at least a substring of an element of the set of valid entries for the non-password field.

7 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/488,364Filed 17 Sep 2014

Published

17 Mar 2016

Term ends

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Classification10 codes

G06F 21/45
Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity or authorisation of security principals: structures or tools for the administration of authentication
G06F 21/31
Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity or authorisation of security principals: user authentication
G06F 21/60
Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity: protecting data
H04L 63/0428
For providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks: wherein the data content is protected, e.g.…

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