US 10,114,905 B2
INDIVIDUAL USER SELECTABLE MULTI-LEVEL AUTHORIZATION METHOD FOR ACCESSING A COMPUTER SYSTEMGeneral
US 10,114,905 B2
INDIVIDUAL USER SELECTABLE MULTI-LEVEL AUTHORIZATION METHOD FOR ACCESSING A COMPUTER SYSTEM
Tech Center:
2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
Examiner:
Daniel C. Murray
Art Unit:
2443 Computer Networks
Agent:
Inventors:
John D. Codignotto
Assignee:
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Priority:
03/10/00
Filed:
10/31/17
Granted:
10/30/18
Expiration:
03/11/19
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for providing a plurality of security schemes and allowing a particular user of a computer system from among a plurality of users of the computer system to select a security scheme to be associated with the user independent of the security scheme selected by a remainder of the plurality of users of the computer system, thereby providing user customizable security to the computer system. At least one of the security schemes is comparatively more secure than another. Selections of security schemes are included with account information of the particular user and are used in connection with authorizing the particular user to use the computer system. First and second users can each select different security schemes based on their personal preferred balance between convenience and security and have their respective access to the computer system managed in relation to the selections included with their respective accounts.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
H04H04L67/1097H04N1/32374H04LG06Q10/107G06F2206/1512G06V30/416G06Q