METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR ACCOUNT RECOVERY WITH A DURABLE CODE

• US 20160149886A1
• Filed: 11/20/2015
• Published: 05/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Silent Circle LLC
• Original Assignee: Silent Circle LLC
• Inventors: KOROKITHAKIS, Stavros, WRIGHT, Josh A.
• Application Number:
  US14/947,407
• Publication Number:
  US 20160149886A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/36 by graphic or iconic representation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/42 using separate channels for security data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/45 Structures or tools for the administration of authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2131 Lost password, e.g. recovery of lost or forgotten passwords
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10712 Fixed beam scanning
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1417 2D bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32

Abstract

A method for resetting credentials of an account of a user by a server and a database associated with the server is provided, the database including records of electronic accounts. The method includes logging into an account recovery website hosted by the server for requesting an account recovery, generating an account recovery item at the server and generating an optical code that represents the account recovery item, the account recovery item including identity information to identify the account of the user, and printing the optical code that represents the account recovery item onto an object with a printer. The method further includes capturing and processing an image of the optical code from the object to extract the identity information of the account recovery item, matching the identity information with the records of the electronic accounts of the database at the server, and prompting the user to update account credentials.

Claims

1. A method for resetting credentials of an account of a user by a server and a database associated with the server, the database including records of electronic accounts, comprising the steps of:

logging into an account recovery website hosted by the server for requesting an account recovery;

generating an account recovery item at the server and generating an optical code that represents the account recovery item, the account recovery item including identity information to identify the account of the user;

printing the optical code that represents the account recovery item onto an object with a printer;

capturing an image of the optical code from the object to generate an electronic image;

processing the electronic image to extract the identity information of the account recovery item;

matching the identity information with the records of the electronic accounts of the database at the server; and

prompting the user to update account credentials when the step of matching the identity information is able to find the account of the user.

2. The method of resetting credentials of the account according to claim 1, the method further including:

sending the object with the optical code via a postal service to a physical address of the user before the step of capturing the image of the optical code.

3. The method of resetting credentials of the account according to claim 1, the method further including:

displaying the optical code at a display of a terminal used by the user before said step of printing the optical code.

4. The method of resetting credentials of the account according to claim 1, wherein the account recovery item further includes a link to a webpage, the webpage configured to reset and update account credentials.

5. A system for generating a quick response code that allows resetting credentials of an account of a user, the system including:

a server having at least one hardware processor and being connected to the internet, the server hosting a web page for generating and providing an quick response code to a user for resetting the credentials of an account; and

a database associated with the server, the database including records of electronic accounts of users, the server configured to;

determine an identify of a user and an account associated with the user when the user logs into the web page for generating and providing the quick response code;

generate a quick response code at the server, the quick response code encoding a hyperlink to an account credentials reset webpage and a code for identifying the account of the user; and

display the quick response code on the web page and allowing the user to print the quick response code.

6. The system for generating a quick response code according to claim 5, wherein the server is further configured to:

applying a cryptographic algorithm to the hyperlink to the account credentials reset webpage and the code for identifying the account of the user before generating the quick response code.