Patents by Inventor Mihir KAPADIA

Mihir KAPADIA 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).

  • Password retrieval system and method involving token usage without prior knowledge of the password
    Patent number: 9996686
    Abstract: A method for managing a master password on a network device, the method stored as a set of instructions executable by a computer processor to: store the master password in a first file in a memory of the network device; store the master password in a second file in the memory of the network device; encrypt access to the first file using a first password; encrypt access to the second file using a second password; send the second password and an identifier associated with the network device over a communications network to a registration server, the registration server configured for storing the second password for subsequent retrieval by the network device; when the first password is unavailable, send a password retrieval request including the identifier; receive the second password configured as a one-time use password; decrypt access to the second file to retrieve the master password; and, initiate a reset process for subsequent storage of the master password in the memory of the network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Alex Lau, Mihir Kapadia, Yunan Zhao
  • PASSWORD RETRIEVAL SYSTEM AND METHOD INVOLVING TOKEN USAGE WITHOUT PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF THE PASSWORD
    Publication number: 20150312249
    Abstract: A method for managing a master password on a network device, the method stored as a set of instructions executable by a computer processor to: store the master password in a first file in a memory of the network device; store the master password in a second file in the memory of the network device; encrypt access to the first file using a first password; encrypt access to the second file using a second password; send the second password and an identifier associated with the network device over a communications network to a registration server, the registration server configured for storing the second password for subsequent retrieval by the network device; when the first password is unavailable, send a password retrieval request including the identifier; receive the second password configured as a one-time use password; decrypt access to the second file to retrieve the master password; and, initiate a reset process for subsequent storage of the master password in the memory of the network device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: FIXMO, INC.
    Inventors: Alex LAU, Mihir KAPADIA, Yunan ZHAO