Patents by Inventor Paul Hiles

Paul Hiles 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 delay
    Patent number: 6360326
    Abstract: An innovative security system in which the need to “unlock” the system is eliminated if the system is awakened within a predetermined duration from its last use. In the preferred embodiment, when the user “logs onto” a system by activating it and entering his password, the time of login, plus a predetermined delay, is stored in nonvolatile memory. Thereafter, if the system is placed (or places itself) into a low-power mode, no password will be required to log onto the system if the logon is made before the time stored in nonvolatile memory. If the logon is attempted after this time, the user must go through the entire authorization procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Compaq Information Technologies Group, L.P.
    Inventor: Paul Hiles
  • Challenge/response security architecture with fuzzy recognition of long passwords
    Patent number: 6026491
    Abstract: A password-phrasing security mechanism utilizing personalized challenge phrasing to prompt the user into remembering a pre-defined personalized coded phrase to gain access to a secured system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Compaq Computer Corporation
    Inventor: Paul Hiles