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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2002
Applicant:
Eduard DE Jong, San Mateo, CA (US);
Inventor:
Eduard de Jong, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for private personal identification number (PIN) management includes receiving a first PIN, receiving a first key used to scramble a second PIN that has been validated, receiving a first scrambled PIN comprising the second PIN scrambled with the first key, scrambling the first PIN with the first key to create a second scrambled PIN and validating the first PIN based at least in part on whether the first scrambled PIN matches the second scrambled PIN.