Patent ID: 8020199
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of securely sending a password from an authorized access device to an authentication device, said method comprising the steps of: sending an identifier from the access device to the authentication device; receiving from the authentication device, a response containing information regarding modifications to be made to a password associated with the identifier, wherein the response contains an index value pointing to a particular memory location in a database in the access device, said database storing a plurality of password modifications; modifying the password based at least in part on the information received from the authentication device, wherein the modifying step includes: transmitting the modified password from the access device to the authentication device, the step of transmitting the modified password including individually transmitting each of the plurality of data packets separated in time from a previous packet by one of the plurality of time intervals.