US 12,143,494 B1
Method for increasing security level of one-time-password message formats
Meir Dahan, Tiberias (IL); and Eliahu Antopolsky, Zichron Yaakov (IL)
Filed by Meir Dahan, Tiberias (IL); and Eliahu Antopolsky, Zichron Yaakov (IL)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/738,014.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01)
CPC H04L 9/3228 (2013.01) [G06F 21/606 (2013.01)] 1 Claim
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1. A method for enhancing a security of a one-time-password (OTP) message format when used for sending OTPs to smartphones in a locked-screen-preview state, the method comprising:
providing a computer system on which an OTP message format is stored, wherein the stored OTP message format does not include at least one hundred and twenty characters before digits comprising the OTP;
redrafting, by the computer system, the stored message format to include at least one hundred and twenty characters before the digits comprising the OTP, or replacing the stored message format with a new message format that includes at least one hundred and twenty characters before said digits;
sending, by the computer system, OTPs to smartphones using the redrafted or new message format; and
wherein the inclusion of at least one hundred and twenty characters before the OTP digits in the redrafted or new message format is configured to prevent the display of the OTP digits on smartphones in a locked-screen-preview state.