Automated Web Login Field Detection and Secure Credential Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in managing multiple website accounts due to the need to remember and manually input different usernames and passwords, often resorting to using the same password across sites, which compromises security.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that automatically identify and fill username, password, and submit fields on webpages by analyzing the webpage code within defined threshold areas, using a central server for secure storage and decryption, allowing users to access multiple sites with a single memorable word.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a secure storage system is implemented to store multiple usernames and passwords, then security is improved, but the system complexity increases and requires manual training by the user
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically identifies form fields and completes login processes without requiring user intervention or manual training. The automated field identification and completion mechanisms enable the system to service itself by autonomously navigating login pages and entering credentials.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces intermediary components including a bookmarklet that acts as a bridge between the user and the secure storage system, and automated field identification mechanisms that serve as intermediaries between the stored credentials and the login forms. These intermediaries simplify the user interface and reduce system complexity from the user's perspective.
2Measurement precision
If manual field location is required during initial use, then the system can accurately identify fields, but user time and effort are consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-storing credentials securely and pre-configuring automated field identification rules. When a login page is encountered, the system has already prepared the necessary credentials and identification patterns, eliminating the need for real-time manual field location and reducing user time investment to minimal interaction.
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AI summary
A method for use in a simplified login system, involving operating a computer to identify user name, password and submit fields on a remote website. The method comprises identifying a password field on a webpage, defining a first area around the password field for a user name field and a second area around the password field for a submit field, locating a field for user text entry in the first area and locating a field for a user click entry in the second field. There is also described a computer programmed to carry out the method, a data carrier containing program data by which a computer may be programmed to carry out the method, and a secure password storage and login system comprising a central server and a number of user computers, and which operates using the method.