Patent ID: 9626506
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for providing access to electronic information, the method comprising: receiving, by a first computer from a second computer over a network, in response to information entered into a user interface on the second computer, a first password string associated with a user and a rule for configuring and generating a second password string from the first password string, wherein the rule specifies a dynamic element to insert at a specified position in the first password string, based on first contextual information associated with the user, and wherein a value of the specified dynamic element is determined based on second contextual information associated with the user; in response to receiving, by the first computer from the second computer over the network, a third password string associated with the user, via information entered into the user interface on the second computer: in response to determining, by the first computer, that the third password string matches the second password string, granting, by the first computer, the second computer access to the electronic information.