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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:
May. 29, 2001

Filed:

Sep. 02, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:

Dung Huynh, San Jose, CA (US);

Matthew Robshaw, San Francisco, CA (US);

Ari Juels, Cambridge, MA (US);

Burton Kaliski, Jr., Wellesley, MA (US);

Assignee:

RSA Security Inc., Bedford, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/214 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/214 ;
Abstract

A system, method, and data structure provide for securely synchronizing passwords and/or other information between systems. The password-related information is stored in the systems in a secure manner, and a user or some other, external agent participates actively in the transmission of a new password between systems. A password update file is communicated or shared between systems to synchronize passwords.

Published as:
WO9913393A1; AU9301198A; US6240184B1;

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