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Use of personal communication devices for user authentication

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  • US 6,993,658 B1
  • Filed: 03/06/2000
  • Issued: 01/31/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of authenticating a user on a first secure computer network, the user having a user account on said first secure computer network, the method comprising:

  • associating the user with a personal communication device possessed by the user, said personal communication device in communication over a second network, wherein said second network is a cell phone network different from the first secure computer network;

    receiving a request from the user for a token via the personal communication device, over the second network;

    generating a new password for said first secure computer network based at least upon the token and a passcode, wherein the token is not known to the user and wherein the passcode is known to the user;

    setting a password associated with the user to be the new password;

    activating access the user account on the first secure computer network;

    transmitting the token to the personal communication device;

    receiving the password from the user via the first secure computer network; and

    deactivating access to the user account on the first secure computer network within a predetermined amount of time after said activating, such that said user account is not accessible through any password, via said first secure computer network.

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