Patents by Inventor Jay D. Wootton

Jay D. Wootton 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).

  • Techniques for multilingual password challenge response, password reset, and/or password recovery
    Patent number: 8132265
    Abstract: Techniques for multilingual password challenge response, password reset, and/or password recovery are presented. When a password reset or password recovery request is received, a series of challenge questions are serially asked such that each question has to be answered correctly before the next question in the series is even presented. Furthermore, at least two questions are asked in different languages from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Novell, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay D. Wootton, Stephen R Carter
  • TECHNIQUES FOR MULTILINGUAL PASSWORD CHALLENGE RESPONSE, PASSWORD RESET, AND/OR PASSWORD RECOVERY
    Publication number: 20090241201
    Abstract: Techniques for multilingual password challenge response, password reset, and/or password recovery are presented. When a password reset or password recovery request is received, a series of challenge questions are serially asked such that each question has to be answered correctly before the next question in the series is even presented. Furthermore, at least two questions are asked in different languages from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Jay D. Wootton, Stephen R. Carter