Patent ID: 7685430
Filing Date: 2010-03-23
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a temporary password in an internet hosted environment comprising: providing a central user password database including at least one temporary password that is associated with a user, the at least one password being randomly generated and not being known to the user; receiving a temporary password request from a client machine of the user at a hosted server, the temporary password request including a user ID (“userID”) and a business unit ID (“BUID”); extracting the temporary password from the central user password database, the extracting step including using the userID as a key and verifying that the BUID in the temporary password request matches a BUID associated with the temporary password in the central user password database; triply-sequenced encrypting of the temporary password at the hosted server of the internet hosted environment, the triply-sequenced encrypting including: transporting string Z to a client side of the internet hosted environment.