Patent ID: 8291470

Claim:
A method of password protecting access control, the method comprising the following steps: (a) assigning a primary password to a user, with the primary password, when activated, being usable to gain access comprising access to at least a first access controlled module; (b) subsequent to or contemporaneous with step (a), activating the primary password; (c) prior to, subsequent to or contemporaneous with step (a), assigning to the user a secondary password, with the secondary password, when activated, being usable to gain access comprising access to at least the first access controlled module; (d) subsequent to or contemporaneous with step (c), deactivating the secondary password; (e) subsequent to steps (a), (b), (c) and (d), performing pre-expiration deactivation of the primary password; and (f) subsequent to or contemporaneous with step (e), activating the secondary password.