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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INDICATING PASSWORD QUALITY AND VARIETY

  • US 20080072320A1
  • Filed: 11/15/2007
  • Published: 03/20/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for displaying information about password quality to a user as the user is entering a password, comprising:

  • receiving a substring of the password which includes one or more characters of the password that have been received from the user;

    dynamically determining a quality of the substring of the password as the characters are being received, wherein the quality of the substring of the password is a measure of the susceptibility of the substring of the password to being cracked; and

    dynamically updating a quality meter being displayed to the user, wherein the quality meter displays the quality of the substring of the password as the characters are being received from the user so that the user can dynamically improve the quality of the substring of the password as the user is entering characters for the password.

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