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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 20, 2018
Applicant:

Ca, Inc., New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

Steven L. Greenspan, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);

Debra Danielson, Sillman, NJ (US);

Kenneth W. S. Morrison, Vancouver, CA;

Hongrui Gong, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

CA, Inc., New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/45 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/083 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/45 (2013.01); H04L 63/0861 (2013.01); H04L 63/105 (2013.01); H04L 63/1466 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2131 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an embodiment, a password risk evaluator may receive a request including a user identifier (ID) and a password. The password risk evaluator may retrieve a password preference model associated with the user ID, and may determine a risk score indicating a likelihood that the password is associated with the user ID. For example, the password preference model may be based on previous passwords used by the user, and may identify one or more characteristics, formulas, rules, or other indicia typically employed by the user in creating passwords. If the password supplied in the request matches or is similar to one or more elements of the password preference model, it may be more likely that the password in the request is a password supplied by the user. That is, the risk score may be an authentication of the user, or part of the authentication of the user, in some embodiments.


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