US 9,866,562 B2Granted

File and bit location authentication

AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation

InventorsGalina Grunin, David E. Nachman, Nader M. Nassar, Tamer M. Nassar

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Abstract

An approach for authentication is provided. The approach performs identifying, by one or more computer processors, an account attempting to access content. The approach performs identifying, by one or more computer processors, a file including at least authentication information. The approach performs identifying, by one or more computer processors, a location of the authentication information within the identified file. The approach performs identifying, by one or more computer processors, a length of the authentication information. The approach performs identifying, by one or more computer processors, the authentication information in the identified file based at least on the identified location and the identified length of the authentication information. The approach performs includes determining, by one or more computer processors, whether the identified authentication information matches previously submitted authentication information for the identified account attempting to access content requiring authentication.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A method for authentication, the method comprising:

identifying, by one or more processors, a location of authentication information within a file that includes authentication information associated with an account attempting to access content by identifying a start bit location for the authentication information;
identifying, by one or more processors, a length of authentication information from the account attempting to access content by identifying a total number of characters that comprise the authentication information;
determining, by one or more computer processors, whether the identified start bit location for authentication information and the length of authentication information matches previously submitted authentication information for the account attempting to access content requiring authentication;
responsive to determining the identified start bit location for authentication information and the length of authentication information does not match previously submitted authentication information for the account attempting to access the content, locking the content from access, based, at least in part, on a predetermined number of times that the identified authentication information does not match previously submitted authentication information for the identified account;
responsive to determining the identification authentication information does not match previously submitted authentication information for the identified account, determining an owner of the content requiring authentication;
and
responsive to determining the owner of the content, alerting, by one or more computer processors, the owner of the content via a network.

4 more elements

A computer program product for authentication, the computer program product comprising:

one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, wherein the computer readable storage media are not transitory signals per se, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to identify a location of authentication information within a file that includes authentication information associated with an account attempting to access content by identifying a start bit location for the authentication information;
program instructions to identify a length of authentication information from the account attempting to access content by identifying a total number of characters that comprise the authentication information;
program instructions to determine whether the identified start bit location for authentication information and the length of authentication information matches previously submitted authentication information for the account attempting to access content requiring authentication;
responsive to determining the identified start bit location for authentication information and the length of authentication information does not match previously submitted authentication information for the account attempting to access the content, program instructions to lock the content from access, based, at least in part, on a predetermined number of times that the identified authentication information does not match previously submitted authentication information for the identified account;
responsive to determining the identification authentication information does not match previously submitted authentication information for the identified account, determining an owner of the content requiring authentication;
and
responsive to determining the owner of the content, alerting, by one or more computer processors, the owner of the content via a network.

5 more elements

A computer system for authentication, the computer system comprising:

one or more computer processors;
one or more computer readable storage media;
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 identify a location of authentication information within a file that includes authentication information associated with an account attempting to access content by identifying a start bit location for the authentication information;
program instructions to identify a length of authentication information from the account attempting to access content by identifying a total number of characters that comprise the authentication information;
program instructions to determine whether the identified start bit location for authentication information and the length of authentication information matches previously submitted authentication information for the account attempting to access content requiring authentication;
responsive to determining the identified start bit location for authentication information and the length of authentication information does not match previously submitted authentication information for the account attempting to access the content, program instructions to lock the content from access, based, at least in part, on a predetermined number of times that the identified authentication information does not match previously submitted authentication information for the identified account;
responsive to determining the identification authentication information does not match previously submitted authentication information for the identified account, determining an owner of the content requiring authentication;
and
responsive to determining the owner of the content, alerting, by one or more computer processors, the owner of the content via a network.

7 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/433,070Filed 15 Feb 2017 · continuation
Priority: 16 Mar 2015
Published: US 2017/0163648 A18 Jun 2017
Granted: 9 Jan 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

H04L 63/10
Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security: for controlling access to devices or network resources
G06F 21/31
Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity or authorisation of security principals: user authentication
H04L 63/0853
For authentication of entities: using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal
H04L 63/0876
For authentication of entities: based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or…

Family

Application14/658,526Parent of this continuation · filed 16 Mar 2015
US 2017/0163648 A1Pre-grant publication · published 8 Jun 2017
US 2016/0277420 A1Published application
US 9,674,203 B2Related patent
US 9,866,562 B2This patent

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