Passwords defined using sequences of images
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsColm Nolan, Mark Maresh, Michael J. Whitney, Juan Vargas
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Abstract
User authentication is facilitated. A plurality of images on one or more display levels is presented to a user in random order. A password is received from the user, and the password includes a set of images selected from the plurality of images and an indication of a particular sequence of the images in the set of images. A determination is made as to whether the password matches a predefined password, and access is provided based on determining there is a match of the password and the predefined password.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method of facilitating authentication, the computer implemented method comprising:
- presenting to a user a plurality of images on one or more display levels, wherein the plurality of images are presented in a random order;
- receiving from the user a password, the password comprising a set of images selected from the plurality of images and an indication of a particular sequence of the images in the set of images;
- determining whether the password matches a predefined password;
- and
- providing the user access to a secure entity based on determining there is a match of the password and the predefined password.
A computer system for facilitating authentication, the computer system comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the computer system is configured to perform a method, said method comprising:
- presenting to a user a plurality of images on one or more display levels, wherein the plurality of images are presented in a random order;
- receiving from the user a password, the password comprising a set of images selected from the plurality of images and an indication of a particular sequence of the images in the set of images;
- determining whether the password matches a predefined password;
- and
- providing the user access to a secure entity based on determining there is a match of the password and the predefined password.
A computer program product for facilitating authentication, the computer program product comprising:
- a computer readable storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for performing a method comprising:
- presenting to a user a plurality of images on one or more display levels, wherein the plurality of images are presented in a random order;
- receiving from the user a password, the password comprising a set of images selected from the plurality of images and an indication of a particular sequence of the images in the set of images;
- determining whether the password matches a predefined password;
- and
- providing the user access to a secure entity based on determining there is a match of the password and the predefined password.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.