Authenticator for user state management
US9838435B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 7, 2016 |
| Grant date | Dec 5, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 7, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/105
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Different types of soft-lockout policies can be associated with different organizations (or groups) in an identity management system. Each soft-lockout policy can indicate different parameters such as a number of login attempts allowed and an amount of time that a user account will be locked-out if the maximum allowed attempts are exceeded unsuccessfully. Users can be associated with the different organizations. For each user, the soft-lockout policies for the organization with which that user is associated are applied to that user when that user attempts to log in. Thus, different groups of users can be handled with different security behaviors regarding unsuccessful login attempts. If, for example, a user were to become moved from one organization to another, then the soft-lockout policies associated with the user's new organization would become applicable to that user.
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