Patent · US Active

Token recycling

US8832453B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by
82References
16Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateFeb 28, 2007
Grant dateSep 9, 2014
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 7, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L63/166
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide for recycling a locked token in an enterprise. A secure connection can be established between a locked token and a server and a security process activated to determine an identity of an authorized user of the locked token. An unlock procedure can be activated to unlock the locked token upon receipt of an out-of-band parameter associated with a requester of the unlock procedure to produce an unlocked token. The out-of-band parameter can be provided by the requester of the unlock procedure in an independent communication to an enterprise agent associated with the security server so as to verify that the requester is the authorized user of the locked token. A password reset process associated with a new password for the unlocked token can be activated to provide an assigned password or a password entered by the requester.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.