CUSTOMIZED MESSAGES FOR PASSWORD/PASSCODE CHANGE EVENTS
First Claim
1. A method for notifying a user of a password/passcode change event comprising:
- a computing system automatically detecting a password/passcode change event;
determining at least one user affected by the password/passcode change event;
retrieving a pre-existing user defined message from a data store; and
automatically conveying a change message that includes the pre-existing user defined message to the determined user.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a method and system for notifying a user of a password/passcode change event. In the invention, a computing system can automatically detect a password/passcode change event. At least one user affected by the event can be determined. A pre-existing user defined message can be retrieved from a data store. A password/passcode change message can be automatically conveyed to the affected user. The change message can include content of the pre-existing user defined message. Further, in one embodiment, an automatically generated activity report associated with a password/passcode can be presented to either a user making a password/passcode change or as part of the conveyed change message.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for notifying a user of a password/passcode change event comprising:
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a computing system automatically detecting a password/passcode change event; determining at least one user affected by the password/passcode change event; retrieving a pre-existing user defined message from a data store; and automatically conveying a change message that includes the pre-existing user defined message to the determined user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A security system comprising:
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a notification configuration interface configured to permit a set of users to enter user specific messages, which are to be automatically presented to each of the users responsive to an occurrence of a password/passcode change event; a notification data store configured to store and maintain user specific messages entered via the notification configuration interface; and a notification engine configured to automatically detect a password change event, to determine a set of affected users, and to convey password change notices to the set of affected users, where each of the password change notices includes a user specific message provided by an associated user. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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