MAPPING ACCOUNT INFORMATION TO SERVER AUTHENTICATION

• US 20160072780A1
• Filed: 09/10/2014
• Published: 03/10/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Seto, Julie, Stavrou, Evan
• Granted Patent: US 9,658,996 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

An authorization prompt issued from a server is detected, and previously-entered account information, is accessed on a user device. A selectable display element corresponding to each set of entered account information is displayed. User selection or actuation of a given display element is received, and the corresponding account information is retrieved and used to log onto the server that issued the authentication prompt.

Claims

1. A mobile device, comprising:

an authentication detector that detects an authentication prompt from a server;

a picking component that identifies any sets of authentication information previously entered and displays a selectable display element corresponding to each identified set of authentication information; and

a login component that receives a user selection input selecting a display element and automatically responds to the authentication prompt from the server using the authentication information corresponding to the selected display element.

2. The mobile device of claim 1 and further comprising:

an account filter component that filters the sets of authentication information for which a selectable display element is displayed, based on filter criteria.

3. The mobile device of claim 2 wherein the authentication detector detects an authentication protocol corresponding to the authentication prompt and wherein the account filter component filters the sets of authentication information based on the authentication protocol.

4. The mobile device of claim 2 wherein the mobile device receives the authentication prompt in response to the mobile device attempting to access an item on the server, and wherein the account filter component filters the sets of authentication information based on a type of the item.

5. The mobile device of claim 2 wherein the mobile device receives the authentication prompt in response to the mobile device attempting to access an item on the server, and wherein the account filter component filters the sets of authentication information based on a characteristic of the authentication information.

6. The mobile device of claim 1 and further comprising:

a mapping component that generates a user interface display with a user input mechanism that is actuated to associate a set of previously-entered authentication information with the server.

7. The mobile device of claim 6 wherein the mapping component identifies a plurality of sets of previously-entered authentication information associated with the server and wherein the picking component displays the selectable display elements corresponding to the plurality of sets of previously-entered authentication information associated with the server.

8. The mobile device of claim 6 wherein the mapping component generates a user interface display with a new information input mechanism actuated to enter new authentication information and map it to the server.

9. The mobile device of claim 8 and further comprising:

a security component that generates an encrypted representation of the new authentication information, the mapping component generating a map entry mapping the new authentication information to the server, using the encrypted representation.

10. The mobile device of claim 9 and further comprising:

a data store, storing a mapping with the map entry.

11. A method, comprising:

detecting an authentication prompt from a server;

displaying a plurality of selectable display elements, each corresponding to a set of account information;

receiving a user selection input selecting a given display element; and

automatically responding to the authentication prompt using the set of account information corresponding to the given display element.

12. The method of claim 11 and further comprising:

identifying each set of account information as being previously entered account information.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein displaying a plurality of selectable display elements comprises:

accessing a mapping between the sets of account information and the server to identify a plurality of different sets of account information mapped to the server; and

displaying one of the selectable display elements for each identified set of account information.

14. The method of claim 11 and further comprising:

displaying an association user input mechanism, actuated to associate a set of previously-entered account information with the server; and

generating a mapping between the set of previously-entered account information and the server.

15. The method of claim 11 and further comprising:

displaying a new account user input mechanism, actuated to input a set of new account information and associate the set of new account information with the server; and

generating a mapping between the set of new account information and the server.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein generating a mapping comprises:

generating a secure representation of the new account information; and

generating the mapping using the secure representation of the new account information.

17. A mobile device, comprising:

a first component that identifies a plurality of sets of previously-entered authentication information; and

a picker system that detects an authentication prompt from the server, accesses the first component, and displays a picker user interface display with a plurality of selectable display elements, a different selectable display element corresponding to each identified set of previously-entered authentication information.

18. The mobile device of claim 17 wherein the picker system comprises:

an automatic login component that obtains authentication information corresponding to a selected one of the different selectable display elements and automatically responds to the detected authentication prompt with the obtained authentication information.

19. The mobile device of claim 18 and further comprising:

a filter component that filters the sets of previously entered authentication information in the subset, based on filter criteria, to obtain identified sets of previously-entered authentication information, the picker system displaying the selectable display elements for only the identified sets of previously-entered authentication information.

20. The mobile device of claim 19 and further comprising:

a mapping component that generates a new account entry display with a user input mechanism that is actuated to enter authentication information for a new account and map it to the server; and

a security system that encrypts the authentication information for the new account to obtain encrypted authentication information, the mapping component generating a mapping between the new account and the server using the encrypted authentication information.