Patent ID: 7275258
Filing Date: 2007-09-25
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of managing resource passwords for resources organized into a plurality of groups of resources, comprising: providing a user with a listing of resources to which the user is given access, wherein providing the user with a listing of resources includes providing the user with a display that indicates which of the resources may be grouped together based upon non-password security parameters associated with the resources; receiving selections from the user for grouping various ones of the resources into groups of resources; storing the plurality of groups of resources in a user password profile; identifying a plurality of resources that are part of a group of resources by retrieving the user password profile in which the plurality of groups of resources are identified along with corresponding group password information for each of the plurality of groups of resources; updating a first password for a first resource in the group of resources; and updating a second password for a second resource in the group of resources based on the updating of the first password for the first resource.