Application engagement identification using a dynamic pattern

A system for determining a type of a user attempting to engage an application of a computing device based on tracing of a dynamic pattern, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a memory coupled with the at least one processor, the memory including instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
• assess a processing power of the computing device of the user attempting to engage the application;
• determine a quantity of a plurality of structures to include in a background based at least in part on the assessed processing power;
• dynamically display a defined pattern by a user interface of the computing device, wherein a plurality of characteristics of the defined pattern change as the defined pattern is displayed by the user interface;
• display the background simultaneously with the defined pattern, wherein each of the structures in the plurality of structures has a characteristic that randomly changes independently of the other structures in the plurality of structures as the defined pattern and the background are displayed by the user interface;
• detect a traced pattern generated from the user continuously tracing the defined pattern by continuously maintaining physical contact with the user interface from an initial point on the defined pattern to an end point on the defined pattern;
• compare the traced pattern to the displayed defined pattern after the user completes the traced pattern;
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• confirm the user is a human when the traced pattern is detected.