http://www.peertopatent.org/patent/20070300076/activity A method for generating a word sequence for a passcode involves choosing a schema to guide the generation of the word sequence, and transforming the passcode into the word sequence using the schema, wherein the word sequence contains mnemonic structure. en-us Method for generating mnemonic random passcodes Forgive me if I'm misreading the claims (I'm a peer2patent newbie), but I'd be worried about trying to claim the phrase pattern algorithm for generating lexically scannable/memorable phrases. That sort of thing has been around for a long time. One program from the 80's called Shakey generated pseudo Shakespearean prose. Here's a more contemporary example: http://watchout4snakes.com/creativitytools/RandomWord/RandomPhrase.aspx I didn't find patents per se on either of those, but they are certainly in the public domain. Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:57:41 -0700 http://www.peertopatent.org/patent/20070300076/discussion Method for generating mnemonic random passcodes The claims in this patent all have to do with "passcodes," So memorable/scannable generators are relevant, but what would be especially significant would be anything linking those generators to password mnemonics. Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:30:00 -0700 http://www.peertopatent.org/patent/20070300076/discussion Method for generating mnemonic random passcodes Yes -- James is bringing in important aspects of the claim. Also keep in mind that you need to be able to show a date prior to the filing date of the Sun application. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:56:06 -0700 http://www.peertopatent.org/patent/20070300076/discussion Method for generating mnemonic random passcodes Dan Kaminsky's cryptomnemonics could constitute prior art. Slides and video at http://www.hackaday.com/2006/10/27/dan-kaminskys-cryptomnemonics/ Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:06:47 -0800 http://www.peertopatent.org/patent/20070300076/discussion Method for generating mnemonic random passcodes The presentation was in October 2006, which is after the patent's filing date in June 2006. This talk itself can't count as prior art, but if there's earlier documentation of Dan's work, that could be Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:41:39 -0700 http://www.peertopatent.org/patent/20070300076/discussion