Rich Formatted Passwords via Visual Icons and Encryption
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face challenges in creating and remembering complex, secure passwords due to the need for multiple passwords across different platforms, leading to reduced security and ease of use, as they often rely on short and easily guessable passwords for convenience.
Innovation Solution
A system and process that create and encrypt 'rich formatted' passwords by converting a set of password tokens and appearance alterations into a secure, easily memorable format, using a password builder program that integrates with existing login systems to enhance password security without increasing complexity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users increase the number of alphanumeric characters and symbols in passwords to improve security, then password strength is improved, but ease of use and memorability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a visual copy or representation of the password using graphical icons instead of traditional alphanumeric characters. This visual password maintains the security strength of complex passwords while being easier to remember and use, as users can recall images more easily than sequences of characters and symbols.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms the password from one parameter set (alphanumeric characters) to another parameter set (visual icons). By changing the representation parameter from text-based to image-based, the system maintains security equivalence while improving memorability and ease of use.
2Reliability
If users create multiple passwords to meet different platform requirements, then security requirements are satisfied, but memorability and ease of management deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The visual password system serves multiple functions across different platforms and applications. A single visual password can be used universally across various systems, eliminating the need to create and manage multiple different passwords while still meeting diverse security requirements through the same visual authentication mechanism.
3Ease of operation
If users rely on short memorable passwords for convenience, then ease of use is improved, but password strength and security deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a visual representation that serves as a memorable substitute for complex passwords. Users can remember simple visual images or icons more easily than long sequences of characters, thereby maintaining ease of use while achieving equivalent or superior security strength through the visual password's resistance to traditional cracking methods.
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AI summary
A process and a system that create and encrypt rich formatted passwords that increase password strength and security in some embodiments are disclosed. The process increases password security by converting a set of password tokens and a set of password appearance alterations into a rich formatted password and then encrypting the rich formatted password. The system of some embodiments includes (i) a data converter for assembling a rich formatted password from a data object comprising a set of password tokens and a set of password appearance alterations received at a password creation user interface (UI) of a computing device and (ii) a data encrypter for encrypting rich formatted passwords and decrypting encrypted rich formatted passwords, and (iii) a database for storing and retrieving encrypted rich formatted passwords.