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US 2017/0286712 A1Published application
Methods and Systems for User Authentication in a Computer System Using Multi-Component Log-Ins, Including Image-Based Log-Ins
OwnerSusan Olsen-Kreuschinventor
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Abstract
In computer-based user authentication, a user may establish or enhance security for a component of a multi-component password by performing a security operation on a selected component of the password. The security operation may comprise encrypting the selected component. The password may be an image-based password and security operation may be encrypting information related to positions of at least one target location on a verification image.
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A system, comprising:
- a computer system having a processor and a memory;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium encoding instructions for computer-based user authentication and for execution by the processor, the instructions programmed to cause the processor to
- receive, into the memory, a request to establish or enhance security for a password having a plurality of components;
- and
- in response to receiving the request to establish or enhance the security for the password, perform a security operation on a selected component of the password.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, into a memory associated with a processor, a request to establish or enhance security for a password having a plurality of components;
- and
- in response to receiving the request to establish or enhance the security for the password, the computer system performing a security operation on a selected component of the password.
One or more computer-readable, nontransitory media, having stored thereon one or more computer programs programmed to cause a computer to:
- receive, into a memory of the computer;
- a request to establish or enhance security for a password having a plurality of components;
- and
- in response to receiving the request to establish or enhance the security for the password, performing a security operation to a selected component of the password.
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