System and Method of Generating and Providing a Set of Randomly Selected Substitute Characters in Place of a User Entered Key Phrase
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving a key phrase input by a user to gain access to secured data; and
in response to receiving the user entered key phrase, randomly selecting a set of substitute characters and providing the set of substitute characters in place of the key phrase entered by the user.
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Abstract
Systems and methods of generating and providing a set of randomly selected substitute characters in place of a user entered key phrase are described here. One embodiment includes receiving a key phrase input by a user to gain access to secured data, and, in response to receiving the user entered key phrase, randomly selecting a set of substitute characters and providing the set of substitute characters in place of the key phrase entered by the user. In one embodiment, the randomly selecting comprises using a random number generator to select from a substitute character from a pre-generated set of substitute characters for each character, number, or text of the user entered key phrase. In one embodiment, the providing the set of substitute characters further comprises providing the randomly selected set of substitute characters in a display buffer as the user entered key phrase.
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18 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a key phrase input by a user to gain access to secured data; and in response to receiving the user entered key phrase, randomly selecting a set of substitute characters and providing the set of substitute characters in place of the key phrase entered by the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system, comprising:
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a means for receiving a key phrase input by a user to gain access to secured data; and a means for randomly selecting a set of substitute characters and providing the set substitute characters in place of the key phrase entered by the user, in response to receiving the user entered key phrase. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A machine-readable medium embodying instructions, the instructions, which when executed, causing a machine to perform a method comprising:
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receiving a key phrase input by a user to gain access to secured data; and in response to receiving the user entered key phrase, randomly selecting a set of substitute characters and providing the set of substitute characters in place of the key phrase entered by the user. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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