System and method for authenticating an end user

A computer program product, comprising a computer-usable storage medium having a computer-readable program code stored therein, said computer-readable program code containing instructions that when executed by a processor of a computer system implement a method for authenticating an end user, said method comprising:

• generating a login field in response to receiving an authentication request from said end user, said login field comprising a plurality of colored nodes, said plurality of colored nodes containing a first subset of nodes matching both color and location to a second subset of nodes residing in a transparent credit card being controlled by said end user;
• determining an authenticity status of said end user by comparing a third subset of nodes received from said end user with said first subset of nodes, said third subset of nodes being received in response to sending said login field to said end user, said end user having generated said third subset of nodes by overlaying said transparent credit card on top of said login field and selecting at least one node which displays a color not being black, each node of said at least one node being selected according to a function utilizing both static and dynamic variables;
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• sending said determined authenticity status to said end user via an output device.

A computing system comprising a processor coupled to a computer-readable memory unit, said memory unit comprising a software application, said software application comprising instruction that when executed by said processor, implement a method for authenticating an end user, said method comprising:

• generating a login field in response to receiving an authentication request from said end user, said login field comprising a plurality of colored nodes, said plurality of colored nodes containing a first subset of nodes matching both color and location to a second subset of nodes residing in a transparent credit card being controlled by said end user;
• determining an authenticity status of said end user by comparing a third subset of nodes received from said end user with said first subset of nodes, said third subset of nodes being received in response to sending said login field to said end user, said end user having generated said third subset of nodes by overlaying said transparent credit card on top of said login field and selecting at least one node which displays a color not being black, each node of said at least one node being selected according to a function utilizing both static and dynamic variables;
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• sending said determined authenticity status to said end user via an output device.

A process for supporting computer infrastructure, said process comprising providing at least one support service for at least one of creating, integrating, hosting, maintaining, and deploying computer-readable code in a computing system, wherein said code in combination with the computing system is capable of implementing a method for authenticating an end user, said method comprising:

• generating a login field in response to receiving an authentication request from said end user, said login field comprising a plurality of colored nodes, said plurality of colored nodes containing a first subset of nodes matching both color and location to a second subset of nodes residing in a transparent credit card being controlled by said end user;
• determining an authenticity status of said end user by comparing a third subset of nodes received from said end user with said first subset of nodes, said third subset of nodes being received in response to sending said login field to said end user, said end user having generated said third subset of nodes by overlaying said transparent credit card on top of said login field and selecting at least one node which displays a color not being black, each node of said at least one node being selected according to a function utilizing both static and dynamic variables;
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• sending said determined authenticity status to said end user via an output device.