Device, method, and graphical user interface for managing authentication credentials for user accounts

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11468162-B2
Application number	US-201916677500-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 7, 2019
Priority date	Jun 3, 2018
Publication date	Oct 11, 2022
Grant date	Oct 11, 2022

Abstract

In accordance with some embodiments, the method includes: detecting, via the one or more input devices, a request to display information for password protected accounts; and, in response to detecting the request, concurrently displaying, on the display device: a representation of a first password protected account that is associated with a credential having one or more security issues, wherein the representation of the first password protected account is visually associated with an alert indicator indicating the one or more security issues associated with the credential of the first password protected account; and a representation of a second password protected account that is associated with a credential having one or more security issues, wherein the representation of the second password protected account is visually associated with an alert indicator indicating the one or more security issues associated with the credential of the second password protected account.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
at an electronic device with a display device and one or more input devices:
detecting, via the one or more input devices, a request to display information for password protected accounts; and

in response to detecting the request, concurrently displaying, on the display device:
a representation of a first password protected account that is associated with a credential having one or more security issues, wherein the representation of the first password protected account is visually associated with an alert indicator indicating the one or more security issues associated with the credential of the first password protected account; and
a representation of a second password protected account that is associated with a credential having one or more security issues, wherein the representation of the second password protected account is visually associated with an alert indicator indicating the one or more security issues associated with the credential of the second password protected account.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the alert indicator indicating the one or more security issues associated with the credential of the first password protected account indicates that the one or more security issues correspond to a reused password for the first password protected account.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the alert indicator indicating the one or more security issues associated with the credential of the first password protected account indicates that the one or more security issues correspond to a weak password for the first password protected account.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein a password corresponds to a weak password in response to determining that the password is one of easily guessed, short, low-entropy, or contains common words.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the credential for the first password protected account includes a first password, and
wherein the credential for the second password protected account includes a second password.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the representation of the first password protected account includes a visual representation of the first password and text indicating a strength of the first password, and
wherein the representation of the second password protected account includes a visual representation of the second password and text indicating a strength of the second password.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the visual representation of the first password is a text representation of at least a portion of the first password, and
wherein the visual representation of the second password is a text representation of at least a portion of the second password.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the visual representation of the first password excludes at least a portion of the first password, and
wherein the visual representation of the second password excludes at least a portion of the second password.

9. The method of claim 5 , wherein the representation of the first password protected account includes an affordance that corresponds to updating the first password, and
wherein the representation of the second password protected account includes an affordance that corresponds to updating the second password.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
detecting, via the one or more input devices, a subsequent user input directed to the affordance that corresponds to updating the first password; and
in response to detecting the subsequent user input, displaying, on the display device, a user interface for updating the first password.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the user interface for updating the first password corresponds to a web page associated with the first password protected account.

12. An electronic device comprising:
a display device configured to display a user interface;
one or more input devices configured to receive inputs; and
a processing device coupled with the display device and the one or more input devices, the processing device configured to:
detect, via the one or more input devices, a request to display information for password protected accounts; and
in response to detecting the request concurrently display, on the display device:
a representation of a first password protected account that is associated with a credential having one or more security issues, wherein the representation of the first password protected account is visually associated with an alert indicator indicating the one or more security issues associated with the credential of the first password protected account; and
a representation of a second password protected account that is associated with a credential having one or more security issues, wherein the representation of the second password protected account is visually associated with an alert indicator indicating the one or more security issues associated with the credential of the second password protected account.

13. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the alert indicator indicating the one or more security issues associated with the credential of the first password protected account indicates that the one or more security issues correspond to a reused password for the first password protected account.

14. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the alert indicator indicating the one or more security issues associated with the credential of the first password protected account indicates that the one or more security issues correspond to a weak password for the first password protected account.

15. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the credential for the first password protected account includes a first password, and
wherein the credential for the second password protected account includes a second password.

16. The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the representation of the first password protected account includes a visual representation of the first password and text indicating a strength of the first password, and
wherein the representation of the second password protected account includes a visual representation of the second password and text indicating a strength of the second password.

17. The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the representation of the first password protected account includes an affordance that corresponds to updating the first password, and
wherein the representation of the second password protected account includes an affordance that corresponds to updating the second password.

18. The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the processing device is further configured to:
detect, via the one or more input devices, a subsequent user input directed to the affordance that corresponds to updating the first password; and
in response to detecting the subsequent user input, display, on the display device, a user interface for updating the first password.

19. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, that, when executed by an electronic device with a display device and one or more input devices, cause the electronic device to:
detect, via the one or more input devices, a request to display information for password protected accounts; and
in response to detecting the request concurrently display, on the display device:
a representation of a first password protected account that is associated with a credential having one or more security issues, wherein the representation of the first password protected account

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Shultz Conrad A
• Mondello Richard J
• Abbasian Reza
• Krstic Ivan
• Adler Darin
• Papadopoulos Charilaos
• Daum Maureen Grace
• Borios Guillaume
• Burns Patrick Robert
• Sanciangco Alexander David
• Ledvina Brent Michael
• Pugh Chelsea Elizabeth
• Brogle Kyle
• Krochmal Marc J
• Klapper Jacob
• Knight Paul Russell
• Graham Connor David
• Wu Shengkai
• Liu I-Ting
• Falkenburg Steven Jon

Classifications

• G06F3/04886

  by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus · CPC title

• H04L9/3226

  using a predetermined code, e.g. password, passphrase or PIN (network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting authentication of entities using passwords in a packet data network H04L63/083) · CPC title

• H04L63/083

  using passwords (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226) · CPC title

• H04W12/068

  using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications · CPC title

• G06F21/31

  User authentication · CPC title