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Password reset using hash functions

  • US 9,355,233 B1
  • Filed: 01/27/2014
  • Issued: 05/31/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of resetting passwords, comprising:

  • sending, by a password application on a server, to a user application, a notification that a current password will expire in a predetermined time period;

    receiving, by a reset application on the server a request to reset of a current password;

    executing, by the reset application, a first hash function on at least one seed of a plurality of seeds comprising a password profile, wherein the at least one seed is a timestamp of when the current password was created;

    sending, by the reset application, to the user application, a first key;

    receiving, by the reset application, a second key;

    executing, by the reset application, a second hash function on the at least one seed;

    determining, by the reset application, if a third key generated by the second hash function executed on the at least one seed is similar to the second key;

    permitting, by the reset application, a user account associated with the user application to access a reset environment, in response to a determination that the third key generated by the second hash function executed on the at least one seed is similar to the second key;

    receiving, by the password application, a new password; and

    storing, by the password application, the new password and a timestamp of when the new password was created in the data store.

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