User-defined passwords having associated unique version data to assist user recall of the password
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1. A method for use in an electronic device including password-protected functionality using a password that can be changed by the user, said method comprising:
- storing a user-specified password;
automatically generating unique version data associated with said user-specified password, wherein said version data includes a date on which the associated password was defined; and
providing said unique version data as a password hint of said user-specified password.
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Abstract
An electronic device includes password protected functionality using a password that can be changed by the user. A user-specified password is stored in association with unique version data that is subsequently provided to help user recall of the password associated therewith.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for use in an electronic device including password-protected functionality using a password that can be changed by the user, said method comprising:
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storing a user-specified password; automatically generating unique version data associated with said user-specified password, wherein said version data includes a date on which the associated password was defined; and providing said unique version data as a password hint of said user-specified password. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An electronic device including password-protected functionality using a password that can be changed by a user, said device comprising:
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means for storing a user-specified password in association with automatically generated unique version data, wherein said version data includes a date on which the associated password was defined; and means for subsequently providing said unique version data as a password hint of said user-specified password. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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- 10. The device of 9 including means for causing said version data for successively defined passwords to have respective successively increasing or decreasing value.
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17. A computer program storage medium carrying a computer program for an electronic device including password-protected functionality using a password that can be changed by a user, said program being capable, when executed, of effecting a method comprising:
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storing a user-specified password; automatically generating unique version data associated with said user-specified password, wherein said version data includes a date on which the associated password was defined; and providing said unique version data as a password hint of said user-specified password. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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