Picture/gesture password protection
First Claim
1. A computer program product for identifying a strength of an input picture password formed from a selected picture and performing a sequence of gestures relative to the picture, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform a method comprising:
- storing, in a memory device, a crowd source history of picture passwords formed by tracking a plurality of picture passwords used to authenticate a plurality of users, each of the plurality of users having a respective user profile including at least one non-language demographic and each of the plurality of picture passwords including a picture selected by a user of the plurality of users and a sequence of gestures performed relative to the picture by the user;
generating, by a processor-based demography-based pattern usage assessment generator, a demography-based pattern usage assessment corresponding to the at least one non-language demographic by analyzing the crowd source history and the user profiles of the plurality of users to develop rules from the crowd source history according to common gestures for the at least one non-language demographic, wherein the rules are indicative of a strength of each gesture in the sequence of gestures according to how the sequence of gestures is performed relative to the picture; and
providing, by a user-perceptible indication device, an indication of the strength of the input picture password in accordance with the demography-based pattern usage assessment corresponding to the at least one non-language demographic.
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Abstract
A system and a computer program product are provided for identifying a strength of an input picture password formed by performing a sequence of gestures relative to a picture. The system includes a memory device for storing a crowdsource history of picture passwords formed by tracking a plurality of picture passwords used to authenticate a plurality of users. Each of the plurality of users has a respective user profile. The system further includes a processor-based demography-based pattern usage assessment generator for generating a demography-based pattern usage assessment by analyzing the crowd source history and the user profile of the plurality of users. The system also includes a user-perceptible indication device for providing an indication of the strength of the input picture password in accordance with the demography-based pattern usage assessment.
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19 Claims
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1. A computer program product for identifying a strength of an input picture password formed from a selected picture and performing a sequence of gestures relative to the picture, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform a method comprising:
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storing, in a memory device, a crowd source history of picture passwords formed by tracking a plurality of picture passwords used to authenticate a plurality of users, each of the plurality of users having a respective user profile including at least one non-language demographic and each of the plurality of picture passwords including a picture selected by a user of the plurality of users and a sequence of gestures performed relative to the picture by the user; generating, by a processor-based demography-based pattern usage assessment generator, a demography-based pattern usage assessment corresponding to the at least one non-language demographic by analyzing the crowd source history and the user profiles of the plurality of users to develop rules from the crowd source history according to common gestures for the at least one non-language demographic, wherein the rules are indicative of a strength of each gesture in the sequence of gestures according to how the sequence of gestures is performed relative to the picture; and providing, by a user-perceptible indication device, an indication of the strength of the input picture password in accordance with the demography-based pattern usage assessment corresponding to the at least one non-language demographic.
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2. A system for identifying a strength of an input picture password formed from a selected picture and performing a sequence of gestures relative to the picture, the system comprising:
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a memory device for storing a crowd source history of picture passwords formed by tracking a plurality of picture passwords used to authenticate a plurality of users, each of the plurality of users having a respective user profile including at least one non-language demographic and each of the plurality of picture passwords including a picture selected by a user of the plurality of users and a sequence of gestures performed relative to the picture by the user; a processor-based demography-based pattern usage assessment generator for generating a demography-based pattern usage assessment corresponding to the at least one non-language demographic by analyzing the crowd source history and the user profiles of the plurality of users to develop rules from the crowd source history according to common gestures for the at least one non-language demographic, wherein the rules are indicative of a strength of each gesture in the sequence of gestures according to how the sequence of gestures is performed relative to the picture; and a user-perceptible indication device for providing an indication of the strength of the input picture password in accordance with the demography-based pattern usage assessment corresponding to the at least one non-language demographic. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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