Patent ID: 6993658
Filing Date: 2006-01-31
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of authenticating a user on a first secure computer network, the user having a user account on said first secure computer network, the method comprising: associating the user with a personal communication device possessed by the user, said personal communication device in communication over a second network, wherein said second network is a cell phone network different from the first secure computer network; receiving a request from the user for a token via the personal communication device, over the second network; generating a new password for said first secure computer network based at least upon the token and a passcode, wherein the token is not known to the user and wherein the passcode is known to the user; setting a password associated with the user to be the new password; activating access the user account on the first secure computer network; transmitting the token to the personal communication device; receiving the password from the user via the first secure computer network; and deactivating access to the user account on the first secure computer network within a predetermined amount of time after said activating, such that said user account is not accessible through any password, via said first secure computer network.