PASS CODE PROVISION

• US 20100058450A1
• Filed: 08/28/2008
• Published: 03/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC), Tombolo Technologies, LLC
• Original Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Inventors: Merritt, Edward, Fein, Gene
• Application Number:
  US12/200,197
• Publication Number:
  US 20100058450A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/7
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/80 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/321 involving a third party or a trusted authority

Abstract

A device includes a processor and a computer-readable medium including computer-readable instructions. Upon execution by the processor, the computer-readable instructions cause the device to receive a first request from a second device, where the first request is for a pass code. The first request includes an identification of a coded system for which the pass code is requested. The computer-readable instructions also cause the device to provide a second request to a third device, where the second request includes the identification of the coded system. The computer-readable instructions also cause the device to receive a plurality of pass code segments from the third device. The computer-readable instructions further cause the device to provide the plurality of pass code segments to the second device for assembly into the pass code.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable medium including computer-readable instructions that, upon execution by the processor, cause the device to

receive a first request from a second device, wherein the first request is for a pass code, and further wherein the first request includes an identification of a coded system for which the pass code is requested;

provide a second request to a third device, wherein the second request includes the identification of the coded system;

receive a plurality of pass code segments from the third device; and

provide the plurality of pass code segments to the second device for assembly into the pass code.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the device to:

receive authentication information from the second device; and

determine whether the authentication information is valid, wherein the first request is received only if the authentication information is determined to be valid.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the device to provide the plurality of pass code segments to the coded system.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the plurality of pass code segments are simultaneously provided to the second device and to the coded system.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of pass code segments is received at a distinct component of the device.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of pass code segments are based at least in part on dynamic information.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the device to:

obtain dynamic information; and

provide the dynamic information to the third device for use in generating the pass code.

8. The device of claim 1, further comprising a pass code interface application configured to provide an interface between the device and the second device and between the device and the third device.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the second device uses a first operating system and the third device uses a second operating system.

10. A system comprising:

a first device comprising

a first processor; and

a first computer-readable medium including first computer-readable instructions that, upon execution by the first processor, cause the first device to

receive a first request from a second device, wherein the first request is for a pass code, and further wherein the first request includes an identification of a coded system for which the pass code is requested;

provide a second request to a third device, wherein the second request includes the identification of the coded system;

receive the pass code from the third device; and

provide the pass code to the second device; and

the third device comprising

a second processor; and

a second computer-readable medium including second computer-readable instructions that, upon execution by the second processor, cause the third device to

receive the second request from the first device;

receive dynamic information;

generate the pass code based at least in part on the received dynamic information; and

provide the pass code to the first device.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the dynamic information comprises one or more of weather information, distance information, pricing information, and time information.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the dynamic information comprises first dynamic information and second dynamic information, and wherein the second computer-readable instructions further cause the third device to:

perform a first mathematical operation on the first dynamic information to obtain a first value;

perform a second mathematical operation on the second dynamic information to obtain a second value; and

perform a third mathematical operation involving the first value and the second value to obtain a third value, wherein the third value comprises at least a portion of the pass code or is used to generate at least a portion of the pass code.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the second computer-readable instructions further cause the third device to segment the pass code to generate a plurality of pass code segments.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the pass code is provided to the first device as the plurality of pass code segments.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the dynamic information is received from the first device.

16. A method of generating a pass code, the method comprising:

receiving a request for a pass code at a third device from a first device, wherein the request includes an identification of a coded system for which the pass code is requested;

receiving dynamic information at the third device;

generating the pass code based at least in part on the identification of the coded system and at least in part on the received dynamic information;

segmenting the pass code to generate a plurality of pass code segments; and

providing the plurality of pass code segments to the first device.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein each of the plurality of pass code segments is provided to a distinct component of the first device.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the dynamic information comprises first dynamic information and second dynamic information, and further wherein generating the pass code comprises:

performing a first mathematical operation on the first dynamic information to generate a first value; and

performing a second mathematical operation on the second dynamic information to generate a second value;

wherein the first value and the second value are used in generating the pass code.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the first mathematical operation is randomly selected.

20. The method of claim 16, further comprising identifying the dynamic information, wherein the dynamic information is randomly identified.