Automatic PIN creation using password

摘要

A PIN is automatically generated based on at least one rule when the user enters a password through a user device. In one example, the PIN is a truncated version of the password where each character in the truncated version is mapped onto a number. The mapping can be a truncation at the beginning or end of the password, or the mapping can be with any pattern or sequence of characters in the password. This PIN generation may be transparent to the user, such that the user may not even know the PIN was generated when the password was entered. When the user attempts to access restricted content, the user may enter the PIN instead of the password, where the user may be notified of the rule used to generate the PIN so that the user will know the PIN by knowing the password.

主权项

1. A service provider system comprising:
a non-transitory memory storing information about a user account and identification information of a user associated with the user account; and one or more hardware processors configured to execute instructions to cause the service provider system to perform operations comprising:
automatically generating a first access credential from a second access credential for the user account, wherein the first access credential is generated based on a rule comprising mapping individual characters of the second access credential to numbers or characters, and wherein the first access credential is unknown to the user and the second access credential is known to the user;providing instructions to a user device of the user, wherein the instructions comprise the rule to convert, by the user on a device, the second access credential to the first access credential;receiving a user-entered access credential and identification information from the device;comparing the user-entered access credential with the first access credential associated with the user account, wherein the user-entered access credential is known to the user through the instructions provided to the user for converting the second access credential to the user-entered access credential and wherein the first access credential is different than the second access credential; andgranting access to the user account for the user when the user-entered access credential matches the first access credential.