Password Recovery
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsNemmara K. Shankaranarayanan, William Roberts Cheswick
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Abstract
A password recovery technique for access to a system includes receiving a request from a first party to recover the first party's password to access the system, receiving a selection of a second party from the first party, sending a message to the second party requesting that the second party authorize the request to recover the first party's password, receiving authorization from the second party for the request to recover the first party's password, and resetting the first party's password responsive to receiving authorization from the second party..
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a server, an electronic request associated with a device, the device requesting a recovery of a password;
- determining, by the server, a third party authorization requirement prior to the recovery of the password;
- determining, by the server, a third party that authorizes the recovery of the password in response to the third party authorization requirement;
- sending, by the server, an electronic message to a communication device associated with the third party, the electronic message requesting that the third party authorize the recovery of the password;
- receiving, by the server, an authorization from the communication device associated with the third party for the recovery of the password;
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- recovering, by the server, the password in response to the authorization received from the communication device associated with the third party.
A system, comprising:
- a hardware processor;
- and
- a memory device storing instructions which, responsive to being executed by the hardware processor cause the hardware processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a request associated with a first party, the first party requesting a recovery of a password;
- determining a third party associated with the recovery of the password, the third party authorizing the recovery of the password requested by the first party;
- sending an electronic message to a communication device associated with the third party, the electronic message requesting that the third party authorize the recovery of the password;
- receiving an authorization from the communication device associated with the third party for the recovery of the password associated with the first party;
- and
- recovering the password in response to the authorization received from the communication device associated with the third party.
A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a hardware processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- receiving a request associated with a first party, the first party requesting a recovery of a password;
- determining a third party associated with the recovery of the password, the third party authorizing the recovery of the password requested by the first party;
- sending an electronic message to a communication device associated with the third party, the electronic message requesting that the third party authorize the recovery of the password;
- receiving an authorization from the communication device associated with the third party for the recovery of the password associated with the first party;
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- recovering the password in response to the authorization received from the communication device associated with the third party.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.