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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2003
Steve Jamieson, Bellevue, WA (US);
Anil Balakrishnan, Sammamish, WA (US);
Christopher Robert Houser, Woodinville, WA (US);
Rex George Torres, Snohomish, WA (US);
Guy Paul Larsen, Sammamish, WA (US);
Joseph W. Sharp, Sammamish, WA (US);
Steve Jamieson, Bellevue, WA (US);
Anil Balakrishnan, Sammamish, WA (US);
Christopher Robert Houser, Woodinville, WA (US);
Rex George Torres, Snohomish, WA (US);
Guy Paul Larsen, Sammamish, WA (US);
Joseph W. Sharp, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A mechanism that synchronizes passwords maintained for plural domains. A user maintains accounts in two domains. The first and second domains each maintain tables correlating userIDs with passwords, such that the same user's password can be different in the different domains. A database stores tables that correlate a given user's userID/password combination in the first domain with his corresponding userID/password combination in the second domain. The database is used to sign the user onto one domain when the user is working in the other domain. When the user changes his password in the first domain, the change is reported to the database, so that the database stores the current password. Optionally, the password change may be reported to the second domain, such that the user will have the same password in both domains.