Network authentication system and method
AssigneeChunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.
InventorShi-Chuan Tzeng
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Abstract
A network authentication system and method are provided. When an authentication request is initiated by a user of a computer device through a network, a display interface displaying an identifier, an authentication (matching) result corresponding to the identifier and one or more non-authentication (bogus) results unrelated to the identifier are transmitted to the computer device. The user then chooses among the authentication result and the non-authentication results with the goal of choosing the result that is associated with displayed identifier. If a non-authentication result is chosen, the user is given an opportunity to repeat the authentication. The identifier includes advertising information, thereby predictably producing a desired advertising effect.
Claims15
A network authentication method applied in a network authentication system, wherein the network authentication system is used to authenticate a user of a computer device initiating an authentication request through a network, the method comprising the steps of:
- storing a plurality of identifiers in a memory unit;
- receiving an authentication request from the computer device through the network, retrieving at least one of the identifiers from the memory unit, and processing the retrieved identifier so as to form an authentication result and a non-authentication (bogus) result distinct from the authentication result, allowing the network authentication system to thereby generate a display interface and transmit the display interface to the computer device, wherein the display interface comprises an identifier display region for displaying the retrieved identifier and an option display region for displaying the authentication result and the non-authentication result;
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- determining, after receiving a response of the user choosing among the authentication result and the non-authentication result in the option display region from the computer device, whether the response is the same as the authentication result, wherein, if it is, authentication is successful, and otherwise, the user of the computer device is directed to repeat authentication.
A network authentication method applied in a network authentication system, wherein the network authentication system is used to authenticate a user of a computer device initiating an authentication request through a network, the method comprising the steps of:
- storing a plurality of identifiers in a memory unit;
- receiving an authentication request from the computer device through the network, retrieving at least one of the identifiers from the memory unit, and processing the retrieved identifier so as to form a first identifier-corresponding message, allowing the network authentication system to thereby generate a display interface and transmit the display interface to the computer device, wherein the display interface comprises an identifier display region for displaying the retrieved identifier and an option input region for displaying an input region for the user to input a second identifier-corresponding message according to the content displayed in the identifier display region as a response;
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- after receiving the response from the computer device, determining whether the response is the same as the first identifier-corresponding message, wherein, if it is, authentication is successful, and otherwise, the user of the computer device is directed to repeat authentication.
A network authentication system for authenticating a user of a computer device initiating an authentication request through a network, the system comprising:
- a memory unit for storing a plurality of identifiers;
- a processing module for receiving an authentication request from the computer device through the network, retrieving at least one of the identifiers from the memory unit, and processing the retrieved identifier so as to form an authentication result and a non-authentication (bogus) result distinct from the authentication result and thereby generate a display interface comprising an identifier display region for displaying the retrieved identifier and an option display region for displaying the authentication result and non-authentication result;
- a transmitting module for transmitting the display interface to the computer device;
- an authentication option receiving module for receiving a response of the user to the authentication result and the non-authentication result in the option display region from the computer device;
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- an authentication module for determining whether the response is the same as the authentication result, wherein, if it is, authentication is successful, and otherwise, the user of the computer device is directed to repeat authentication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.