US 2017/0323090 A1Published application

Dynamic Authentication Method

AssigneeSolus Ps Sdn Bhd

InventorMATTHEW ROBERT AINSCOW

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Abstract

The present invention provides a dynamic authentication method (200), comprising the steps of displaying (210) a plurality of keys (103) on a screen (104) of a computing device (102) in a random order, receiving (220) a password having a predetermined number of characters entered using a pointing device (110), hashing (240) the password to obtain a hash value and performing (250) at least one of storing the hash value at a memory (106) provided within the computing device (102) and transmitting the hash value to a database (112). Further, the random order is shuffled on receiving each character from the predetermined number of characters. Also, the plurality of keys (103) is erased from the screen (104) when a character from the predetermined number of characters is not received for a predetermined period of time.

Claims6

Dependent claims

A dynamic authentication method (200), comprising the steps of:

defining a plurality of regions on a screen (104) of a computing device (102), each of said plurality of regions having its respective x-y coordinates corresponding to a location on said screen (104);
assigning under a random order each of a plurality of keys (103) to each of said plurality of regions;
displaying (210) said plurality of keys (103) on said screen (104) according to the region assignment of each of said plurality of keys (103);
receiving (220) a password having a predetermined number of characters entered using a pointing device (110);
re-assigning under a reshuffled random order each of said plurality of keys (103) to each of said plurality of regions after each of said password characters is entered;
displaying (210) said plurality of keys (103) on said screen (104) according to the region re-assignment of each of said plurality of keys (103);
wherein said password is entered by selecting a specific area of said screen (104) with said pointing device (110) and comparing said x-y coordinates of said selected specific area with said x-y coordinates in respective to said plurality of regions assigned with said plurality of respective keys (103) to determine a character entered;
and
wherein said plurality of regions forms a dial wheel.

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A dynamic authentication method (200), comprising the steps of:

defining a plurality of regions on a screen (104) of a computing device (102), each of said plurality of regions having its respective x-y coordinates corresponding to a location on said screen (104);
assigning under a random order each of a plurality of keys (103) to each of said plurality of regions;
displaying (210) said plurality of keys (103) on said screen (104) according to the region assignment of each of said plurality of keys (103);
receiving (220) a password having a predetermined number of characters entered using a pointing device (110);
re-assigning under a reshuffled random order each of said plurality of keys (103) to each of said plurality of regions after each of said password characters is entered;
displaying (210) said plurality of keys (103) on said screen (104) according to the region re-assignment of each of said plurality of keys (103);
wherein said password is entered by selecting a specific area of said screen (104) with said pointing device (110) and comparing said x-y coordinates of said selected specific area with said x-y coordinates in respective to said plurality of regions assigned with said plurality of respective keys (103) to determine a character entered;
and
wherein said plurality of regions forms a tree structure.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.