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Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 27, 2017
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kevin N. Armstrong, San Jose, CA (US);

Per Love Hornquist Astrand, Emerald Hills, CA (US);

Steven M. Williamson, Oakdale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); G06F 21/45 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/083 (2013.01); G06F 21/45 (2013.01); H04L 9/0863 (2013.01); H04L 9/0891 (2013.01); H04L 9/3228 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2107 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2117 (2013.01); H04L 2463/061 (2013.01); H04L 2463/062 (2013.01);
Abstract

The embodiments discussed herein relate to updating and encrypting passwords for one or more computing devices. The computing devices can be associated with a common user account. According to the embodiments discussed herein, the user the can update a password of the user account at one computing device, and log into another computing device using the updated password without having to provide the current password for the other computing device. The embodiments incorporate a variety of encryption and key generation methods in order to safely transmit password updates between local computing devices. Specifically, the embodiments set forth methods and apparatus for generating and storing breadcrumbs that allow for decrypting a current password of a computing device using a new password.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Armstrong, Kevin. (2018). Encryption methods and apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 10044706). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10044706

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