Patents by Inventor Sidney L Weatherford
Sidney L Weatherford has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 8020199Abstract: A system, method, and access device enabling a user to securely access a plurality of password-protected servers with a single entry of the user's User ID and associated password. When the access device receives the User ID and password from the user, it sends only the User ID to each of the password-protected servers. The servers each return a unique index value to the access device. The access device uses each index value to retrieve different password modification information from a database or lookup table. The access device then creates a plurality of modified passwords based at least in part on the password modification information. The access device then transmits each of the modified passwords to the corresponding password-protected server.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2008Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: 5th Fleet, L.L.C.Inventors: Steven W. Smith, James B. Pritchard, Sidney L. Weatherford
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Patent number: 7814203Abstract: A system and method for providing secure access to a computer system. An access device divides the password into multiple segments and places them in data packets. In one embodiment, an authentication server has multiple addresses, and each packet is sent to a different address. The server then reassembles the password. In another embodiment, when the server receives a password, the server sends an index value back to the access device, which then accesses the server on another address indicated by the index value. Alternatively, the password is sent to multiple addresses for the server, and the server determines whether any of the received packets have been altered. The multiple password packets may be forced to follow different paths to the server, thereby denying hackers the ability to intercept all of the password characters or determine the inter-packet timing factor. The system is effective against passive and active hackers, Trojans, and phishing techniques.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2008Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: 5th Fleet, L.L.C.Inventor: Sidney L Weatherford
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Patent number: 7769889Abstract: A system and method for providing secure access to a computer system. An access device divides the password into multiple segments and places them in data packets. In one embodiment, an authentication server has multiple addresses, and each packet is sent to a different address. The server then reassembles the password. In another embodiment, when the server receives a password, the server sends an index value back to the access device, which then accesses the server on another address indicated by the index value. Alternatively, the password is sent to multiple addresses for the server, and the server determines whether any of the received packets have been altered. The multiple password packets may be forced to follow different paths to the server, thereby denying hackers the ability to intercept all of the password characters or determine the inter-packet timing factor. The system is effective against passive and active hackers, Trojans, and phishing techniques.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2008Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: 5th Fleet, L.L.C.Inventors: Sidney L Weatherford, Steven W. Smith, James B Pritchard
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Patent number: 7600128Abstract: A client device, system, and method for constructing a two-factor password utilized by an authentication device to authenticate an accessing computer. The client device connects to the accessing computer through an input/output (I/O) port such as a USB connection. When a user desires to access a network, he enters a user ID, which is sent from the accessing computer to the client device. The client device includes a client application, which retrieves a second factor from an internal database, and combines the user ID and the retrieved second factor to form the two-factor password. The two-factor password is sent to the accessing computer, which transmits it to the authentication device. The accessing computer is authenticated only if both the user ID and the second factor match a user ID and second factor stored in the authentication device.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2005Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: 5th Fleet, LLCInventors: James B. Pritchard, Sidney L. Weatherford, Steven W. Smith
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Publication number: 20090089450Abstract: A system and method for providing secure access to a computer system. An access device divides the password into multiple segments and places them in data packets. In one embodiment, an authentication server has multiple addresses, and each packet is sent to a different address. The server then reassembles the password. In another embodiment, when the server receives a password, the server sends an index value back to the access device, which then accesses the server on another address indicated by the index value. Alternatively, the password is sent to multiple addresses for the server, and the server determines whether any of the received packets have been altered. The multiple password packets may be forced to follow different paths to the server, thereby denying hackers the ability to intercept all of the password characters or determine the inter-packet timing factor. The system is effective against passive and active hackers, Trojans, and phishing techniques.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2008Publication date: April 2, 2009Inventors: Sidney L. Weatherford, Steven W. Smith, James B. Pritchard
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Publication number: 20090089867Abstract: A system and method for providing secure access to a computer system. An access device divides the password into multiple segments and places them in data packets. In one embodiment, an authentication server has multiple addresses, and each packet is sent to a different address. The server then reassembles the password. In another embodiment, when the server receives a password, the server sends an index value back to the access device, which then accesses the server on another address indicated by the index value. Alternatively, the password is sent to multiple addresses for the server, and the server determines whether any of the received packets have been altered. The multiple password packets may be forced to follow different paths to the server, thereby denying hackers the ability to intercept all of the password characters or determine the inter-packet timing factor. The system is effective against passive and active hackers, Trojans, and phishing techniques.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2008Publication date: April 2, 2009Inventors: Sidney L. Weatherford, Steven W. Smith, James B. Pritchard
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Patent number: 7502936Abstract: A system and method for providing secure access to a computer system. An access device divides the password into multiple segments and places them in data packets. In one embodiment, an authentication server has multiple addresses, and each packet is sent to a different address. The server then reassembles the password. In another embodiment, when the server receives a password, the server sends an index value back to the access device, which then accesses the server on another address indicated by the index value. Alternatively, the password is sent to multiple addresses for the server, and the server determines whether any of the received packets have been altered. The multiple password packets may be forced to follow different paths to the server, thereby denying hackers the ability to intercept all of the password characters or determine the inter-packet timing factor. The system is effective against passive and active hackers, Trojans, and phishing techniques.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2006Date of Patent: March 10, 2009Assignee: JSM Technologies, L.L.C.Inventors: Sidney L Weatherford, Steven W. Smith, James B Pritchard
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Publication number: 20080301776Abstract: A system and method for providing secure access to a telecommunications network system. In one embodiment, a cellular device produces a communication session key and utilizes an index and corresponding timing intervals previously provided by the network to the cellular device. The session key is divided into multiple segments that are placed into separate data packets. The data packets, separated by the timing intervals, are sent to the network where a comparison is made between the information in the data packets and the time intervals between the data packets. The timing intervals between the data packets must match an identical set of time intervals stored in the network and if so, the network assembles the data packets to provide a session key for secure communications between the network and the access device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2008Publication date: December 4, 2008Inventor: Sidney L. Weatherford
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Publication number: 20080301791Abstract: A system, method, and access device enabling a user to securely access a plurality of password-protected servers with a single entry of the user's User ID and associated password. When the access device receives the User ID and password from the user, it sends only the User ID to each of the password-protected servers. The servers each return a unique index value to the access device. The access device uses each index value to retrieve different password modification information from a database or lookup table. The access device then creates a plurality of modified passwords based at least in part on the password modification information. The access device then transmits each of the modified passwords to the corresponding password-protected server.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2008Publication date: December 4, 2008Inventors: Steven W. Smith, James B. Pritchard, Sidney L. Weatherford
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Patent number: D312305Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 1989Date of Patent: November 20, 1990Inventor: Sidney L. Weatherford
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Patent number: D312689Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 1989Date of Patent: December 4, 1990Inventor: Sidney L. Weatherford