Patent ID: 8024782
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented login method, comprising: monitoring a credit time period for a user identifier; receiving user login credentials at a first time, the user login credentials including the user identifier; adjusting user login credit associated with the user identifier based on one or more of the user login credentials, the credit time period and the first time; determining if the user login credit is less than a credit threshold; allowing login processing of the login credentials if the user login credit is greater than a credit threshold, wherein the login processing generates a common invalid login notification for presentation to a user if a user login credential is invalid; and denying a login if the user login credit is determined to be less than the credit threshold even if the login credentials are valid, wherein the denial of the login also generates the common invalid login notification for presentation to the user and independent of whether the user login credentials are valid or invalid such that the user is unable to ascertain from the common invalid login notification whether the login credentials were valid or invalid.