Patents by Inventor Derek Wayne Botti

Derek Wayne Botti 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).

  • Augmenting password generation and validation
    Patent number: 11120122
    Abstract: To improve the security performance of a computer system, a retrieval component executing on at least one hardware processor obtains a list of known compromised passwords. A validation component executing on the at least one hardware processor obtains a specification of a putative password and risk-scores the putative password based at least in part on presence of the putative password in the list of known compromised passwords. The system obtains a specification of an actual password chosen in accordance with the risk score of the putative password. Access to at least one aspect of the computer system is controlled based on the actual chosen password.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Derek Wayne Botti, Elizabeth Daly, Martin Stephenson, Spyridon Antonatos, Stefano Braghin
  • AUGMENTING PASSWORD GENERATION AND VALIDATION
    Publication number: 20200026847
    Abstract: To improve the security performance of a computer system, a retrieval component executing on at least one hardware processor obtains a list of known compromised passwords. A validation component executing on the at least one hardware processor obtains a specification of a putative password and risk-scores the putative password based at least in part on presence of the putative password in the list of known compromised passwords. The system obtains a specification of an actual password chosen in accordance with the risk score of the putative password. Access to at least one aspect of the computer system is controlled based on the actual chosen password.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Derek Wayne Botti, Elizabeth Daly, Martin Stephenson, Spyridon Antonatos, Stefano Braghin