Patent ID: 7127088

Claim:
A method for creating, storing, and managing a password, comprising the steps of: a. providing a device comprising a portable body member, a data storage source contained in said body member, user interface and communication componentry for permitting said individual to store in said data storage source a plurality of indicia each one of which is representative of a secured site, and password circuitry comprising a random number enerator for randomly generating a plurality of passwords, wherein each of said plurality of passwords is uniquely associated with a respective one of said plurality of indicia; b. entering preselected indicia representative of a secured site into said device in response to a prompt generated by said device; c. instructing said device to randomly generate a string of characters of predetermined length that is representative of a password in response to a prompt generated by said device, wherein said password is uniquely associated with said indicia entered in step b; and d. repeating steps b and c in sequence for as many times as desired and permitted by said data storage source.