Password control via the web

A process for providing passwords from a client computer to different servers, databases and applications and other services accessed on and inter- or intra-net comprising the steps of:

• a) providing on a program storage device a reference table having a listing of a plurality of services accessible on an inter- or intra-net, a real password associated with each of said services, a variable name for said real password used by each of said services to enter the real password associated therewith, and a virtual password corresponding to a desired group of said services and associated real passwords;
• b) selecting a desired service listed on said desired group of services in said reference table for access on said inter- or intra-net;
• c) entering said virtual password corresponding to desired said group of services to begin access to said desired service on said inter- or intra-net;
• d) finding the variable name for the real password associated with said desired service on said reference table;
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• e) using said variable name for the real password to enter the real password for said desired service to gain access to said desired service.

A system for providing passwords from a client computer to different servers, databases and applications and other services accessed on and inter- or intra-net comprising:

• a program storage device accessible by said client computer including a reference table having a listing of a first and second group of services accessible on an inter- or intra-net and a real password associated with each of said services, said second group of said services being different from said first group of said services;
• a first virtual password corresponding to a first group of said services and associated real passwords;
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• a second virtual password corresponding to a second group of said services and associated real passwords, said second virtual password being different from said first virtual password,
• whereby a desired one of said services on an inter- or intra-net may be accessed from said client computer by using one of said first or second virtual passwords assigned to the group of said desired service, and upon use of the assigned virtual password, said reference table is adapted to be used by said client computer to substitute the real password associated with said desired service for the assigned virtual password.

A system for providing passwords from a client computer to different servers, databases and applications and other services accessed on and inter- or intra-net comprising:

• a program storage device accessible by said client computer including a reference table having a listing of a plurality of services accessible on an inter- or intra-net, a real password associated with each of said services, a variable name for said real password used by each of said services to enter the real password associated therewith, and a virtual password corresponding to a desired group of said services and associated real passwords;
• means for selecting a desired service listed on said desired group of services in said reference table for access on said inter- or intra-net;
• means for entering said virtual password corresponding to desired said group of services to begin access to said desired service on said inter- or intra-net;
• means for finding the variable name for the real password associated with said desired service on said reference table;
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• means for using said variable name for the real password to enter the real password for said desired service to gain access to said desired service.

A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a database accessible by a client computer, including a reference table having a listing of a plurality of services accessible on an inter- or intra-net, a real password associated with each of said services, a variable name for said real password associated with each of said services to enter the real password associated therewith, and a virtual password corresponding to a desired group of said services and associated real passwords, said program storage device further having a program containing instructions executable by the machine to perform a method of providing passwords from a client computer to different servers, databases and applications and other services accessed on and inter- or intra-net, said method comprising the steps of:

• a) connecting said client computer to a desired service listed on said desired group of services in said reference table for access on said inter- or intra-net;
• b) receiving input of said virtual password corresponding to desired said group of services to begin access to said desired service on said inter- or intra-net;
• c) finding the variable name for the real password associated with said desired service on said reference table;
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• d) using said variable name for the real password to enter the real password for said desired service to gain access for said client computer to said desired service.