Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods for increasing authentication security
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Application No.: US16176589Application Date: 2018-10-31
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Publication No.: US10956558B2Publication Date: 2021-03-23
- Inventor: Amer A. Hassan , Edward C. Giaimo, III , Wei-Chen Chen
- Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg, & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: G06F21/00
- IPC: G06F21/00 ; G06F21/45 ; H04L29/06
Abstract:
Methods and systems for authenticating a user account based on a password are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes receiving input defining a sequence of characters included in an entered password, ignoring characters between a first position in the sequence of characters and a second position in the sequence of characters, and validating the password based on non-ignored characters in the sequence of characters.
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