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Agile OTP generation

US8312519B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 30, 2010
Grant dateNov 13, 2012
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Expiry dateJun 18, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L63/0823
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method, system, and apparatus for agile generation of one time passcodes (OTPs) in a security environment, the security environment having a token generator comprising a token generator algorithm and a validator, the method comprising generating a OTP at the token generator according to a variance technique; wherein the variance technique is selected from a set of variance techniques, receiving the OTP at a validator, determining, at the validator, the variance technique used by the token generator to generate the OTP, and determining whether to validate the OTP based on the OTP and variance technique.

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