Apple patents method to upgrade weak app passwords to single sign-on
This patent describes a process where a device detects if an app account uses a weak password. It then automatically switches that account to use a single sign-on service, which lets you log in with one master credential instead of a separate, potentially insecure password.
In the filing’s own words
A method and apparatus of a device that converts an account associated with an application to use a single sign-on service is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the device receives an indication of a weak password associated with the account. The device further sends a request to verify an account credential for a user associated with the device. In addition, the device receives the verification of the account credential. The device additionally requests a single sign-on credential for the account and receives the single sign-on credential. Furthermore, the device sends a message to a server associated with a service for the application that the application is registered for the single sign-on service.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having executable instructions to cause one or more processing units to perform a method to convert an account associated with an application to use a single sign-on service, the method comprising: receiving, on a device, an indication of a weak password associated with the account; and in response to receiving the indication of the weak password, converting the authorization process for the account to the single sign-on service by, negotiating an authorization token with an identification server using a single sign-on credential for the account, and sending a message to a server associated with a service for the application that the application is registered for a single sign-on service, wherein the sending of the message includes forwarding the authorization token to the server associated with the service.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- Systems and methods of account verification upgrade
- Patent number
- US12754990B2
- Application number
- 18818945
- Filed
- Aug 29, 2024
- Granted
- Oct 6, 2026
- Inventors
- 7
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 21/41 Physics & computingG06F 21/46 Physics & computingMore from Apple in Security & privacy
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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