Passcode restoration

• US 8,972,719 B2
• Filed: 12/06/2011
• Issued: 03/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: WwPass Corp.
• Original Assignee: WwPass Corp.
• Inventors: Shablygin, Eugene, Zakharov, Vasily, Bolotov, Oleg, Scace, Eric
• Primary Examiner(s): Hoffman, Brandon
• Assistant Examiner(s): Anderson, Michael D
• Application Number:
  US13/312,254
• Publication Number:
  US 20130145148A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,183 Days
• US Class Current: 713/155
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/56 Financial cryptography, e.g. electronic payment or e-cash
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0853 using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3213 using tickets or tokens, e.g. Kerberos network architectures or network communication protocols for entities authentication using tickets in a packet data network H04L63/0807
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A system method that includes providing a passcode to a user based on presentation of both a recovery key and an active token is described herein.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of providing a passcode for a set of cryptographic tokens, the method comprising:

authenticating, by an authentication service executing on a networked server, a hardware recovery token in the set of cryptographic tokens, the hardware recovery token identifiable by a token identifier, the hardware recovery token having an enabled state associated with the token identifier of the hardware recovery token, the hardware recovery token being enabled to perform recovery functions and unable to perform transactions other than those associated with recovery functions;

authenticating, by the authentication service, an active hardware token in the set of cryptographic tokens, the active hardware token identifiable by a token identifier, the active hardware token having an enabled state associated with the token identifier of the active hardware token, the active hardware token being enabled to perform transactions, wherein authenticating the active hardware token includes verifying that the token has an enabled state; and

providing a passcode to a user based on presentation of both the hardware recovery token and the active hardware token;

wherein each token in the set of cryptographic tokens has the same passcode.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein authenticating the hardware recovery token comprises determining the enabled state of the hardware recovery token based on information stored in an authentication system storage in an entry associated with the token identifier of the hardware recovery token;

and

authenticating the active hardware token comprises determining the enabled state of the active hardware token based on information stored in the authentication system storage in an entry associated with the token identifier of the active hardware token.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the passcode comprises providing a new passcode to the user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the passcode comprises receiving a replacement passcode from the user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein a check value of the passcode is stored by the authentication service in a secure storage system in storage entities corresponding to all active and recovery tokens of the same set.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the active hardware token is enabled to perform transactions and the hardware recovery token is limited to performing only transactions associated with token and passcode management.

7. A computer program product tangibly embodied in a computer readable medium comprising instruction that when executed by a processing device cause the processing device to provide a passcode for a set of cryptographic tokens, comprising:

authenticating, by an authentication service, a hardware recovery token in the set of cryptographic tokens, the hardware recovery token identifiable by a token identifier, the hardware recovery token having an enabled state associated with the token identifier of the hardware recovery token, the hardware recovery token being enabled to perform recovery functions and unable to perform transactions other than those associated with recovery functions;

authenticating, by the authentication service, an active hardware token in the set of cryptographic tokens, the active hardware token identifiable by a token identifier, the active hardware token having an enabled state associated with the token identifier of the active hardware token, the active hardware token being enabled to perform transactions, wherein authenticating the active hardware token includes verifying that the token has an enabled state; and

providing a passcode to a user based on presentation of both the hardware recovery token and the active hardware token;

wherein each token in the set of cryptographic tokens has the same passcode.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the instructions to authenticate the hardware recovery token comprise instructions to determine the enabled state of the hardware recovery token based on information stored in an authentication system storage in an entry associated with the token identifier of the hardware recovery token;

and

the instructions to authenticate the active hardware token comprise instructions to determine the enabled state of the active hardware token based on information stored in the authentication system storage in an entry associated with the token identifier of the active hardware token.

9. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the instructions to provide the passcode comprise instructions to provide a new passcode to the user.

10. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the instructions to provide the passcode comprise instructions to receive a replacement passcode from the user.

11. A system for providing a passcode for a set of cryptographic tokens, the system comprising:

a processing device; and

a memory comprising instructions that when executed by the processing device cause the processing device to;

authenticate, by an authentication service, a hardware recovery token in the set of cryptographic tokens, the hardware recovery token identifiable by a token identifier, the hardware recovery token having an enabled state associated with the token identifier of the hardware recovery token, the hardware recovery token being enabled to perform recovery functions and unable to perform transactions other than those associated with recovery functions;

authenticate, by the authentication service, an active hardware token in the set of cryptographic tokens, the active hardware token identifiable by a token identifier, the active hardware token having an enabled state associated with the token identifier of the active hardware token, the active hardware token being enabled to perform transactions, wherein authenticating the active hardware token includes verifying that the token has an enabled state; and

provide a passcode to a user based on presentation of both the hardware recovery token and the active hardware token;

wherein each token in the set of cryptographic tokens has the same passcode.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the instructions to authenticate the hardware recovery token comprise instructions to determine the enabled state of the hardware recovery token based on information stored in an authentication system storage in an entry associated with the token identifier of the hardware recovery token;

and

the instructions to authenticate the active hardware token comprises determining the enabled state of the active hardware token based on information stored in the authentication system storage in an entry associated with the token identifier of the active hardware token.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the instructions to provide the passcode comprise instructions to provide a new passcode to the user.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the instructions to provide the passcode comprise instructions to receive a replacement passcode from the user.