Patents by Inventor Lawrence Humphrey

Lawrence Humphrey 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).

  • Providing an indication of user-tailored password strength
    Patent number: 11657141
    Abstract: Providing an indication of user-tailored password strength is provided. A registration of a user in a password strength management service is received. A list of social media accounts corresponding to the user and access credentials corresponding to each social media account in the list is received from the user. Social media information corresponding to the user is gathered from the social media accounts using the access credentials corresponding to each social media account in the list. In response to receiving an input of a new password string by the user, password strength of the new password string is evaluated in view of the gathered social media information corresponding to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hyun Kyu Seo, Lawrence Humphrey
  • PROVIDING AN INDICATION OF USER-TAILORED PASSWORD STRENGTH
    Publication number: 20210342437
    Abstract: Providing an indication of user-tailored password strength is provided. A registration of a user in a password strength management service is received. A list of social media accounts corresponding to the user and access credentials corresponding to each social media account in the list is received from the user. Social media information corresponding to the user is gathered from the social media accounts using the access credentials corresponding to each social media account in the list. In response to receiving an input of a new password string by the user, password strength of the new password string is evaluated in view of the gathered social media information corresponding to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Hyun Kyu Seo, Lawrence Humphrey