Method and system for variable password access

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5682475
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08366693

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A method and system are provided for controlling access to a data processing system through the use of a variable password. In one embodiment, the invention substitutes the value of a variable into an expression contained in a predefined password, evaluates the expression and password, and compares the result of the valuation of the password to a character string input to the data processing system, granting access if they are identical. A range of values of certain characters of the password may be permitted. The password may require that certain characters be entered within a defined time interval measured from the entry of other characters. The values of environment variables, which are referenced by the variable password, may change from time to time, as a function, for example, of the current time or temperature or system utilization.

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IBM CORPORATION1101 KITCHAWAN ROAD OFFICE 36-238C YORKTOWN HEIGHTS NY 10598

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Johnson, William J Flower Mound, TX 177 10175
Weber, Owen W Coppell, TX 3 607

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