Patent ID: 9569610
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A computer implemented method for managing a password, the method comprising: receiving a first password via a login dialog menu; comparing, with a processor, the first password to a set of passwords used by a password manager to enter passwords into respective login dialog menus, the set of passwords being stored in a memory communicatively coupled to the processor; in response to determining that the first password is not stored in the set of passwords, generating, with the processor, a first hash value corresponding to the first password; comparing, with the processor, the first hash value to a set of hash values stored in the memory communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the hash values in the set of hash values correspond to respective passwords that are not stored in the set of passwords; determining, with the processor, whether the first hash value corresponds with a second hash value included in the set of hash values; and suppressing, with the processor and in response to determining that the first hash value corresponds with a second hash value included in the set of hash values, storage of the first password in the set of passwords used by the password manager to enter passwords into respective login dialog menus.