Patents by Inventor Vance Burkill

Vance Burkill 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 generation and recall
    Patent number: 9053294
    Abstract: The invention provides the ability to produce long, complex passwords from simple, easy to recall, pictorial selections. The invention features a picture based interface unit, linked to a series of individual process modules. Selecting images contained in the image selection module generates a reference pointer corresponding to coordinates in the reference pointer of the control module which thereby generates a rotor sequence that is passed to the password generator module containing ASCII characters groups. The character groups are processed according to the rotor sequence contents to produce a password that is displayed in a display module for editing and/or use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Inventor: Vance Burkill
  • PASSWORD GENERATION AND RECALL
    Publication number: 20140068754
    Abstract: The invention provides the ability to produce long, complex passwords from simple, easy to recall, pictorial selections. The invention features a picture based interface unit, linked to a series of individual process modules. Selecting images contained in the image selection module generates a reference pointer corresponding to coordinates in the reference pointer of the control module which thereby generates a rotor sequence that is passed to the password generator module containing ASCII characters groups. The character groups are processed according to the rotor sequence contents to produce a password that is displayed in a display module for editing and/or use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventor: Vance Burkill