Mapping account information to server authentication

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9658996-B2
Application number	US-201414482043-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 10, 2014
Priority date	Sep 10, 2014
Publication date	May 23, 2017
Grant date	May 23, 2017

Abstract

An authorization prompt issued from a server is detected, and previously-entered account information, is accessed on a user device. A selectable display element corresponding to each set of entered account information is displayed. User selection or actuation of a given display element is received, and the corresponding account information is retrieved and used to log onto the server that issued the authentication prompt.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computing device, comprising:
a processor; and
memory storing instructions executable by the processor, wherein the instructions configure the computing device to:
detect an authentication prompt from a server;
based on the detection of the authentication prompt from the server, generating a filter criterion for filtering authentication information;
access a collection of authentication information associated with a user;
identify a plurality of different sets of authentication information by filtering the collection of authentication information based on the filter criterion, wherein the plurality of different sets of authentication information comprises some, but not all, of the collection of authentication information;
for each particular set of authentication information, in the plurality of different sets of authentication information, generate a selectable display element corresponding to the particular set of authentication information;
generate a user interface display that displays the plurality of selectable display elements corresponding to the plurality of different sets of authentication information;
receive a user selection input selecting a particular one of the display elements; and
automatically respond to the authentication prompt from the server using the particular set of authentication information that corresponds to the selected display element.

2. The computing device of claim 1 wherein the instructions configure the computing device to:
detect an authentication protocol corresponding to the authentication prompt, wherein the filter criterion is based on the authentication protocol.

3. The computing device of claim 1 wherein the instructions configure the computing device to:
receive the authentication prompt in response to the computing device attempting to access an item on the server, wherein the filter criterion is based on a type of the item.

4. The computing device of claim 1 wherein the instructions configure the computing device to:
receive the authentication prompt in response to the computing device attempting to access an item on the server, wherein the filter criterion is based on a characteristic of the authentication information.

5. The computing device of claim 1 wherein the instructions configure the computing device to:
generate a user interface display with a user input mechanism that is actuated to associate a set of previously-entered authentication information with the server.

6. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of different sets of authentication information comprise a plurality of different sets of previously-entered authentication information, and wherein the instructions configure the computing device to:
access mapping information that maps sets of account information and the server;
identify the plurality of different sets of previously-entered authentication information associated with the server based on the accesses mapping information; and
display the selectable display elements corresponding to the plurality of different sets of previously-entered authentication information associated with the server.

7. The computing device of claim 5 wherein the instructions configure the computing device to:
generate a user interface display with a new information input mechanism actuated to enter new authentication information and map it to the server.

8. The computing device of claim 7 wherein the instructions configure the computing device to:
generate an encrypted representation of the new authentication information;
generate a map entry mapping the new authentication information to the server, using the encrypted representation; and
storing the map entry in a data store.

9. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein each set of the plurality of different sets of authentication information is identified based on the set being associated with the server.

10. A method, comprising: detecting an authentication prompt from a server;
accessing a plurality of different sets of account information associated with a user;
based on the authentication prompt, identifying a filter criterion;
filtering the plurality of different sets of account information, based on the filter criterion, to identify a subset of account information, wherein the subset of account information includes, some, but not all, of the plurality of different sets of account information;
displaying a plurality of selectable display elements corresponding to the subset of account information, each display element of the plurality of selectable display elements corresponding to different account information in the subset;
receiving a user selection input selecting a particular one of the display elements; and
automatically responding to the authentication prompt using the account information corresponding to the particular display element.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein accessing a collection of authentication information associated with a user comprises accessing a mapping between account information and the server to identify the plurality of different sets of account information mapped to the server, each set of account information comprising previously entered account information.

12. The method of claim 10 wherein the filter criterion is based on at least one of:
an authentication protocol corresponding to the authentication prompt; or
an item on the server for which access is requested.

13. The method of claim 10 and further comprising:
displaying an association user input mechanism, actuated to associate a set of previously-entered account information with the server; and
generating a mapping between the set of previously-entered account information and the server.

14. The method of claim 10 and further comprising:
displaying a new account user input mechanism, actuated to input a set of new account information and associate the set of new account information with the server; and
generating a mapping between the set of new account information and the server.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein generating a mapping comprises:
generating a secure representation of the new account information; and
generating the mapping using the secure representation of the new account information.

16. A computing device, comprising:
a processor; and
memory storing instructions executable by the processor, wherein the instructions configure computing device to:
identify a collection of previously-entered authentication information associated with a user;
detect an authentication prompt from a server;
identify a filter criterion based on the detected authentication prompt;
apply the filter criterion to the collection of previously-entered authentication information to obtain a plurality of different sets of previously-entered authentication information, wherein the plurality of different sets of previously-entered authentication information comprises some, but not all, of the collection of previously-entered authentication information;
display a user interface display with a plurality of selectable display elements, each different selectable display element corresponding to one of the sets of previously-entered authentication information in the plurality of different sets of previously-entered authentication information;
receive an indication of a user selection of one of the selectable display elements;
obtain the authentication information corresponding to the selected display element; and
automatically respond to the detected authentication prompt with the obtained authentica

Assignees

• Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Seto Julie
• Stavrou Evan

Classifications

• H04W12/06

  Authentication · CPC title

• H04W88/02

  Terminal devices · CPC title

• H04L63/083

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

• G06F21/31 Primary

  User authentication · CPC title

• G06F40/174

  Form filling; Merging · CPC title