Wheel-based authentication
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJohn Bister, Hyun Kyu Seo, CHASE KETTL, Caitlin Gettinger
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method for authentication is provided. The method includes displaying, on a display device and while in a locked state, a set of color wheels, each color wheel having a plurality of segments with each segment being a different color. User input is received via an input device on the set of color wheels. The user input is converted to a string. The string is communicated to an authentication server. In response to communicating the string, a response is received from the authentication server and the response is processed.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- displaying, on a display device and while in a locked state, a set of color wheels, each color wheel having a plurality of segments, each segment being a different color;
- receiving, via an input device, user input on the set of color wheels;
- converting the user input to a string;
- communicating the string to an authentication server;
- receiving, in response to communicating the string, a response from the authentication server;
- and
- processing the response.
A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a computer readable storage medium communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, the computer readable storage medium containing program instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
- displaying, on a display device and while in a locked state, a set of color wheels, each color wheel having a plurality of segments, each segment being a different color;
- receiving, via an input device, user input on the set of color wheels;
- converting the user input to a string;
- communicating the string to an authentication server;
- receiving, in response to communicating the string, a response from the authentication server;
- and
- processing the response.
A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
- displaying, on a display device and while in a locked state, a set of color wheels, each color wheel having a plurality of segments, each segment being a different color;
- receiving, via an input device, user input on the set of color wheels;
- converting the user input to a string;
- communicating the string to an authentication server;
- receiving, in response to communicating the string, a response from the authentication server;
- and
- processing the response.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.