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Password generator, system and use thereof

US8024793B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

University of Victoria Innovation and Development Corporation · CA

Inventors

Issa Traore · Victoria, CA
Ahmed Awad E. Ahmed · Victoria, CA

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 18, 2008
Grant date	Sep 20, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 9, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F21/35
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A password generator for use with a detector and a verifier in an encapsulated system is provided, as is a system for generating and verifying passwords. The password generator comprises a support, a sensor for detecting a signal from the detector, a data transmitter for transmitting binary data as pulses, a processor that is initialized by the verifier and that controls the data to be sent, a controller for activating the processor and a connector to releasably connect the password generator with the verifier. The system employs a mouse as the detector.

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