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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Nathan Fortenot, Austin, TX (US);
Jeffrey D George, Austin, TX (US);
Ryan P Grimm, Austin, TX (US);
Joel H Schopp, Austin, TX (US);
Michael T Strosker, Austin, TX (US);
George C Wilson, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method which controls modification of passwords. An end user designates, in advance, a universe of social media contacts such as friends on social media web sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn. Contacts so identified are used as a set of potential identity verifiers. In order to enable a reset or modification of an account password, a subset of the universe is required to assert that they have verified the identity of the user requesting to reset a password. Such verification can be accomplished by varying means by those to whom an inquiry has been directed.