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Account access recovery system, method and apparatus

US10063557B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

Ivan Krstic · San Francisco, US
James Wilson · San Jose, US
Eric D. Friedman · Berkeley, US
Selvarajan Subramaniam · Cupertino, US
Patrice Gautier · San Francisco, US
John Patrick Gates · San Francisco, US
Ramarathnam Santhanagopal · Sunnyvale, US
Prabhakaran Vaidyanathaswami · San Jose, US
Sudhakar N. Mambakkam · San Jose, US
Raghunandan K. Pai · Saratoga, US
Karthik Narayanan · Santa Clara, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 30, 2015
Grant date	Aug 28, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 30, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L63/0861
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Some embodiments of the invention provide a program for recovering access to an account. The program receives an access recovery parameter (ARP) after providing a first credential to log into an account and providing a notification of a second credential necessary for accessing another resource. The program then receives a request to modify the first credential and receives the second credential. Next, after authenticating the second credential, the program uses the ARP to modify the first credential without providing the first credential.

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