Password synchronization in a sign-on management system
First Claim
1. A method of recording a password change comprising:
- detecting that a first user of a first domain has changed a first password associated with said first user from a first value to a second value; and
reporting the change of the first password to a database that stores one or more tables that correlate a second user of a second domain with the first user and with the first user'"'"'s associated first password.
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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.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of recording a password change comprising:
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detecting that a first user of a first domain has changed a first password associated with said first user from a first value to a second value; and
reporting the change of the first password to a database that stores one or more tables that correlate a second user of a second domain with the first user and with the first user'"'"'s associated first password. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system that synchronizes password between a first domain and a second domain, the system comprising:
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a detector that detects whether a first password associated with a first user in the first domain has changed from a first value to a second value;
a notifier that notifies a database that said first password has changed to said second value, said database storing one or more tables that correlate the first user with a corresponding second user in the second domain, and with a second password associated with the second user. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-readable medium encoded with computer-executable instructions to perform a method of password management, the computer-executable instructions being adapted to perform acts comprising:
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receiving notice that a first password associated with a first user in a first domain has changed from a first value to a second value; and
updating a database to reflect that said first password has changed to said second value, said database correlating users in said first domain with users in a second domain. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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