Patent ID: 8621583

Claim:
A computer-implemented process for accessing a password protected service over a computer network via a password repository service, comprising: using a computing device to perform the following process actions: sending a request via the computer network to the password repository service to register the computing device; receiving a prompt via the computer network from the password repository service to provide information comprising the computing device's identity; sending said information comprising the device's identity to the password repository service via the computer network; receiving a prompt via the computer network from the password repository service to generate and stream a non-cached, sensor-based password to the password repository server; generating and sending the non-cached, sensor-based password to the password repository service via the computer network; communicating with the password repository service over the computer network to request access to a password protected network-based service specified in the communication; generating and streaming the non-cached, sensor-based password to the password repository service over the computer network, wherein the non-cached, sensor-based password has been pre-arranged with the password repository service to authenticate authorization to access the specified password protected network-based service; and communicating with the specified password protected network-based service.