Login via near field communication with automatically generated login information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9520918-B2
Application number	US-201113976092-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 16, 2011
Priority date	Dec 16, 2011
Publication date	Dec 13, 2016
Grant date	Dec 13, 2016

Abstract

Methods and devices for NFC tap login with automatically-generated login information are disclosed. A user can launch a browser application and log in a desired website without having to enter the user's username and password. The user can achieve this by tapping a Near Field Communication-enabled computing device with an NFC-enabled wireless device. The wireless device generates and stores the user's usernames and passwords corresponding to a number of websites, and provides the username and password for the desired website to the computing device via an NFC-based communication link. Through a browser application running on the computing device, the user can sign up an account at and log in the desired website.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
detecting a user's intent to log in a first website;
generating a first request containing a first identification that is associated with the first website, wherein the first identification is a uniform resource locator (URL) of the first website;
transmitting the first request to a wireless device via a Near Field Communication (NFC)-based communication link;
receiving first login information that is specific to the first website from the wireless device via the NFC-based communication link, the first login information includes an associated username and password that correspond to the first website;
logging in the first website with the first login information;
receiving a second request from the wireless device via the NFC-based communication link, the second request including a second identification associated with a second website and second login information for logging in the second website;
accessing the second website using the second identification and the second login information; and
receiving output information related to the second website.

2. A method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the detecting comprises detecting the user's intent to sign up for a new account at the first website, wherein the first request comprises a signup request that triggers a credential vault application to generate a username and a password specific to the first website, and wherein logging in the first website as the user with the first login information comprises logging in the first website with the username and password to sign up the user at the first website.

3. A method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the detecting comprises detecting the user's intent to log in the first website that the user has signed up previously, wherein the first request comprises a login request that triggers a credential vault application to provide a previously-generated username and a previously-generated password specific to the first website, and wherein logging in the first website as the user with the first login information comprises logging in the first website as the user with the previously-generated username and the previously-generated password.

4. A method as recited in claim 1 , wherein receiving the first login information specific to the first website from the wireless device comprises receiving the first login information specific to the first website from the wireless device after the first request has been authenticated by the wireless device.

5. A method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:
providing notification to the user via an output device to prompt the user to tap the wireless device on a computing device which is used by the user to access the first website such that the first request is transmitted from the computing device to the wireless device when the wireless device taps the computing device.

6. A method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:
generating a one-time password; and
providing the one-time password along with the first login information when logging in the first website.

7. A method comprising:
receiving a first request containing a first identification associated with a first website from a computing device, wherein the first identification is a uniform resource locator (URL) of the first website;
determining whether or not the first identification preexists in a list of website identifications prior to receiving the first request, each website identification in the list of website identifications having corresponding login information for a respective website;
in an event that the first identification preexists in the list of website identifications prior to receiving the first request, transmitting first login information corresponding to the first identification associated with the first website to the computing device; and
in an event that the first identification does not preexist in the list of website identifications prior to receiving the first request:
generating login information for the first website, the login information includes an associated username and password that correspond to the website; and
transmitting the generated login information to the computing device.

8. A method as recited in claim 7 , wherein receiving the first request from the computing device comprises receiving the first request from the computing device via a Near Field Communication (NFC)-based communication link, wherein transmitting first login information to the computing device comprises transmitting the first login information to the computing device via the NFC-based communication link, and wherein transmitting the generated login information to the computing device comprises transmitting the generated login information to the computing device via the NFC-based communication link.

9. A method as recited in claim 7 , further comprising:
authenticating the computing device, wherein:
transmitting first login information corresponding to the first identification associated with the first website to the computing device comprises transmitting the first login information corresponding to the first identification associated with the first website to the computing device after the computing device has been authenticated, and
transmitting the generated login information to the computing device comprises transmitting the generated login information to the computing device after the computing device has been authenticated.

10. A method as recited in claim 7 , further comprising:
receiving a user input indicative of selection of a second website from a plurality of websites;
generating a second request including a second identification associated with the second website and second login information for logging in the second website; and
transmitting the second request to the computing device via the NFC-based communication link.

11. A method as recited in claim 10 , further comprising:
determining whether the second identification associated with the second website matches any website identification in the list of website identifications;
in an event that the second identification does not match any website identification in the list of website identifications:
generating the second login information for the second website; and
storing the generated second login information in the list of website identifications.

12. A processing device comprising:
a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with a wireless device via a Near Field Communication (NFC)-based communication link; and
a control unit coupled to the wireless communication unit, the control unit configured to:
detect a user's intent to log in a first website;
generate a first request containing a first identification associated with the first website, wherein the first identification is a uniform resource locator (URL) of the first website;
direct the wireless communication unit to transmit the first request to the wireless device via the NFC-based communication link;
receive first login information specific to the first website from the wireless device through the wireless communication unit, the first login information includes an associated username and password that correspond to the first website; and
provide the first login information to the first website to log in the first website for the user.

13. A processing device as recited in claim 12 , wherein the control unit is further configured to provide authentication information to the wireless device through the wireless communication unit before receiving the first login information specific to the first website from the wirele

Assignees

• Adrangi Farid
• Bakshi Sanjay
• Intel Corp

Inventors

• Adrangi Farid
• Bakshi Sanjay

Classifications

• H04L63/0853 Primary

  using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234) · CPC title

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title

• G06F21/35

  communicating wirelessly · CPC title

• H04W92/18

  between terminal devices · CPC title

• H04W12/06

  Authentication · CPC title