Password/encryption protection
AssigneeDanilo E. Fonseca
InventorDanilo E. Fonseca
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Abstract
An interface, system and method of password entry in a computing device/system including a graphical user interface including a plurality of password characters displayed on a screen according to a location-based structure and selectable by a pointing device; a scrambling module that scrambles where at least a portion of the password characters are positioned within the location-based structure when triggered; and a triggering module to trigger the scrambling module. The location-based structure may be a 3-dimensional object. There is a password manager module that allows a user to upload password characters that are user customized images. Alpha-numeric characters are not scrambled.
Claims19
A password entry user interface that operates in the context of a computing device, comprising:
- a graphical user interface comprising a plurality of password characters according to a location-based structure and selectable by a pointing device;
- a scrambling module that randomly scrambles a first portion the plurality of password characters within the location-based structure on triggering of the scrambling module, wherein a second portion of the plurality of password characters are located in fixed locations within the location-based structure such that the second portion of the plurality of password characters are not scrambled on triggering of the scrambling module;
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- a triggering module that triggers the scrambling module on the occurrence of a triggering event.
A password entry user interface system that operates in the context of a computing system, comprising:
- a graphical user interface operating on a computing system and comprising a plurality of password characters displayed on a screen of the computing system according to a location-based structure and selectable by a pointing device that is functionally coupled to the computing system, wherein a portion of the password characters are images that are not alpha-numeric;
- a scrambling module functionally coupled to a processor of the computing system that randomly scrambles a first portion the plurality of password characters within the location-based structure on triggering of the scrambling module, wherein a second portion of the plurality of password characters are located in fixed locations within the location-based structure such that the second portion of the plurality of password characters are not scrambled on triggering of the scrambling module;
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- a triggering module that triggers the scrambling module on the occurrence of a triggering event, such that on each new attempt to enter a password, at least a portion of the password characters are positioned differently from how they were positioned on an immediately previous attempt.
A method of receiving password input information from a user in a computing system for the purpose of authentication, comprising:
- providing a graphical user interface on a display of the computing system;
- displaying a plurality of password characters on a physical display of the computing system according to a location-based structure, wherein a first portion of a plurality of the password characters are displayed in random locations within the location-based structure and a second portion of the plurality of password characters are displayed located in fixed locations within the location-based structure;
- displaying a cursor on the display, the cursor functionally coupled to a pointing device of the computing system such that a user may select password characters using the pointing device to manipulate the cursor;
- recording selected password characters as they are selected through the cursor;
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- submitting the recorded selected password characters to a password authentication module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.