The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2007
Brian L. Matthews, Kent, WA (US);
Cayce M. Ullman, San Jose, CA (US);
Schuyler Ullman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Scott Olechowski, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Ashish Warty, San Jose, CA (US);
Brian L. Matthews, Kent, WA (US);
Cayce M. Ullman, San Jose, CA (US);
Schuyler Ullman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Scott Olechowski, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Ashish Warty, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Mutual authentication systems and methods are described that comprise an authenticating server that is available across a network and capable of authenticating a user based on credentials provided by the user. An embeddable object provided by the authenticating server and containing a passphrase that identifies the server to the user. A credentials entry mechanism identifies the user to the authenticating server. A user device displays an Outer Page that can request authentication. The authenticating server verifies the source of the request and provides the passphrase to the user device. The display of the passphrase confirms the identity of the authenticating server to the user. The source of the request can be verified using a secure cookie. The embeddable object can be provided in a second page and can prevent display of the passphrase if user input is not directed to the second page.