Method and system for automatic authentication
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1. A method of authenticating a user, the method comprising:
- automatically calculating a security code on a computer running a security program;
monitoring, by the security program, a uniform resource locator (URL) entered by a user into a browser executing on the computer to access a web based account, wherein the web based account requires a login process for authentication of the user and generates a second factor security code entry request in connection with the login process;
automatically verifying whether the security program is registered with the web based account; and
automatically transmitting the security code by the security program to the web based account during the login process when the security program is registered with the web based account, wherein the security code is automatically transmitted to the web based account without the user manually entering the security code into the browser, wherein the automatically transmitting comprises;
automatically entering the security code into the browser when the security program is registered with the web based account; and
determining that the user has provided a user name and a user password, and wherein the automatically entering occurs after the user has provided the user name and the user password.
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Abstract
A system and method for automatic authentication includes automatically calculating a security code on a computer running a security program. The security program resides on the same computer as a web browser. In response to a user signing into a web based account on a web site accessed by the web browser, automatically verifying that the security program is registered with the web based account. In response to a second factor security code entry request on the web based account, automatically entering the security code into the web based account. The security code is transmitted to the web site transparently to the user for login.
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1. A method of authenticating a user, the method comprising:
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automatically calculating a security code on a computer running a security program; monitoring, by the security program, a uniform resource locator (URL) entered by a user into a browser executing on the computer to access a web based account, wherein the web based account requires a login process for authentication of the user and generates a second factor security code entry request in connection with the login process; automatically verifying whether the security program is registered with the web based account; and automatically transmitting the security code by the security program to the web based account during the login process when the security program is registered with the web based account, wherein the security code is automatically transmitted to the web based account without the user manually entering the security code into the browser, wherein the automatically transmitting comprises; automatically entering the security code into the browser when the security program is registered with the web based account; and determining that the user has provided a user name and a user password, and wherein the automatically entering occurs after the user has provided the user name and the user password. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of authenticating a login attempt, the method comprising:
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automatically generating a security code within a first program running on a computer; identifying, by the first program, a user initiated login attempt by a second program running on the computer; automatically entering the security code into the user initiated login attempt when identified by the first program, wherein the automatically entering is performed without a user manually entering the security code into the user initiated login attempt; and determining that the user has provided a user name and a user password in the user initiated login attempt, and wherein the automatically entering occurs in response to the user providing the user name and the user password. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system comprising:
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a processor; a display; memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory comprises instructions that when executed cause the system to perform a method of authenticating a login attempt, the method comprising; automatically generating a security code within a first program running on a computer; in response to a user navigating to a uniform resource locator (URL) within a second program running on the computer, automatically verifying that the first program is registered with the URL; identifying, by the first program, a user initiated login attempt within the second program; automatically transmitting the security code into the user initiated login attempt by the second program when the first program is registered with the URL; and determining that the user has provided a user name and a user password in the user initiated login attempt, and wherein the automatically transmitting occurs in response to the user providing the user name and the user password. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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