Increased security for computer userID input fields

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8943566-B2
Application number	US-201113247375-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2011
Priority date	Sep 28, 2011
Publication date	Jan 27, 2015
Grant date	Jan 27, 2015

Abstract

A computer determines whether current location information of the computer indicates that the computer is at a home location. The computer determines a minimum number of characters to be entered by a user into a userID field to cause the computer to automatically display previously entered userIDs based on whether the computer is located at a home location. If fewer than the minimum characters are entered, previously entered userIDs are not displayed. Location information can be based on one or more of: wi-fi signal strengths, cell tower signal strengths and signal arrival timing information, whether the network connection is wireless or Ethernet cable, the wireless protocol, whether a wi-fi connection is secured or public, whether the computer is a mobile device, and satellite navigation system location.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method to increase security for entry of a userID into a userID field displayed on a screen of a computer, the method comprising the steps of:
the computer determining whether information indicating a current location of the computer indicates that the computer is currently located at a home location of the computer;
the computer determining a minimum number of characters to be entered by a user into the userID field to cause the computer to automaticall…

Assignees

• Deluca Lisa Seacat
• Volin Troy M
• IBM

Inventors

• Deluca Lisa Seacat
• Volin Troy M

Classifications

• G06F16/957

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F2221/2111

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04L63/083

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L63/107

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W4/029

  Electricity · mapped topic