Charles Michael Porter

US Patent:

20090158406, Jun 18, 2009

Filed:

Dec 28, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/966928

Inventors:

Jeffrey John Jancula - Charlotte NC, US
Charles William Porter - Belmont NC, US
Linda Lee Fix - Hamburg PA, US

Assignee:

WACHOVIA CORPORATION - Charlotte NC

International Classification:

G06F 21/00

US Classification:

726 5

Abstract:

A customer initiated password reset system resets user passwords on a variety of network entities, such as internal systems, allowing simultaneous reset with a minimum number of user specified passwords that nonetheless satisfy the password specifications of these internal systems. Thereby, the user avoids the tedium of logging into each of these systems, changing their password, logging out, etc., for each system with the likelihood of creating unique passwords for each system that have to be remembered. By further incorporating a score metric based upon how many character sets are touched, a required degree of complexity can be measured and enforced against the password specifications. Advantageously, a table-based approach to enforcing password reset against the multiple password specifications facilitates making and fielding updates.

US Patent:

20140337946, Nov 13, 2014

Filed:

Jul 28, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/444534

Inventors:

Jeffrey John Jancula - Charlotte NC, US
Charles William Porter - Belmont NC, US
Linda Lee Fix - Hamburg PA, US

Assignee:

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. - Charlotte NC

International Classification:

G06F 21/46

US Classification:

726 6

Abstract:

A customer initiated password reset system resets user passwords on a variety of network entities, such as internal systems, allowing simultaneous reset with a minimum number of user specified passwords that nonetheless satisfy the password specifications of these internal systems. Thereby, the user avoids the tedium of logging into each of these systems, changing their password, logging out, etc., for each system with the likelihood of creating unique passwords for each system that have to be remembered. By further incorporating a score metric based upon how many character sets are touched, a required degree of complexity can be measured and enforced against the password specifications. Advantageously, a table-based approach to enforcing password reset against the multiple password specifications facilitates making and fielding updates.