Patent ID: 8479010
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for storing only valid login credentials, the method comprising the steps of: identifying, by a computer, a login page of a website visited by a user; determining, by the computer, from web page content, whether an attempt by the user to login to the login page of the website with a set of login credentials is successful, comprising: determining, by the computer, that the attempt by the user to login to the login page with the set of login credentials is not successful; determining, by the computer, that the set of login credentials is stored such that it is associated with the login page; responsive to the attempt by the user to login to the login page with the stored set of login credentials not being successful, determining, by the computer, that the set of login credentials have been updated subsequent to having been stored; prompting, by the computer, the user to enter an updated set of login credentials into the login page; determining, by the computer, whether an attempt by the user to login to the login page with the updated set of login credentials is successful; and only in response to the attempt by the user to login to the login page with the updated set of login credentials being successful, prompting, by the computer, the user to store the updated set of login credentials and associate them with the login page.