Patent ID: 7493493

Claim:
A method of generating a password for at least one application using a single key, said method comprising the steps of: receiving said single key by a password generator; receiving a first application name by the password generator at a first time, wherein the first application name is associated with a first application; receiving a first user selection specifying that no time period applies in the generating of a password by the password generator; generating a first instance of a first password for said first application by the password generator, wherein the generating of the first instance of the first password is based on at least said first application name received at the first time and based on said single key; receiving said first application name again by the password generator at a second time; receiving a second user selection after the second time specifying that no time period applies in the generating of a password by the password generator; generating a second instance of the first password for said first application by the password generator, wherein the generating of the second instance of the first password is based on at least said first application name received at the second time and based on said single key, and the generated first password is identical in its first and second instances; receiving said first application name again by the password generator at a third time; receiving a third user selection after the third time specifying that a first time period applies in the generating of a password by the password generator; receiving a user specification of the first time period; and generating a third instance of the first password for said first application by the password generator, wherein the generating of the third instance of the first password is based on at least said first application name received at the third time and based on said single key, wherein if the third time is after the second time by less than the specified first time period the generated first password is identical in its first, second and third instances.