Computer implemented security method and system
AssigneeBeCrypt Limited
InventorsBernard Parsons, Nigel Lee, Ben Sidle
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Abstract
A computer implemented security system (10) and method are disclosed. A user interface (20) is displayed on a display device (30), the user interface including a positioning guide (100) and a marker. User inputs are received on a password comprising a plurality of symbols and a location for each symbol in the user interface (20) relative to said positioning guide (100). Authentication is performed in dependence on the received user inputs and on the marker, the marker being selected from a plurality of markers, each marker designating a different condition to be met by the received user inputs to be successfully authenticated.
Claims19
A computer implemented security method for authentication of a password comprising:
- encoding, in a data repository, data on a password to be authenticated;
- executing, by a processor, a security module including:
- executing, by the processor, computer program code to display a user interface on a display device, the user interface including a positioning guide and a marker;
- executing, by the processor, computer program code to receive user inputs on:
- a password comprising a plurality of symbols;
- and,
- a location for each symbol in the user interface relative to said positioning guide;
- and
- executing, by the processor, computer program code to authenticate the user in dependence on the received user inputs and on the marker, wherein the marker is selected from a plurality of markers, each marker designating a different condition to be met by the received user inputs to successfully authenticate the user.
A security system for password authentication comprising:
- a display, a user input device, a processor and a memory encoding data on a password to be authenticated, the processor being configured to execute computer program code to display a user interface on the display, the user interface including a positioning guide and a marker;
- wherein the user input device is configured to receive user inputs on:
- a password comprising a plurality of symbols;
- and
- a location for each symbol in the user interface relative to said positioning guide;
- wherein the processor is configured to receive data on the user inputs and execute computer program code to authenticate the received user inputs in dependence on the data on the password to be authenticated and on the marker,
- wherein the marker is selected from a plurality of markers, each marker designating a different condition to be met by the received user inputs to successfully authenticate the user.
A computer implemented security system comprising:
- a processor configured to execute computer program code for executing a security system, including:
- computer program code configured to user interface on a display device, the user interface including a positioning guide and a marker;
- computer program code configured to receive user inputs on:
- a password comprising a plurality of symbols;
- a location for each symbol in the user interface relative to said positioning guide;
- and
- computer program code configured to authenticate the user in dependence on the received user inputs and on the marker,
- wherein the marker is selected from a plurality of markers, each marker designating a different condition to be met by the received user inputs to successfully authenticate the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.