METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENTERING A COMPUTER DATABASE PASSWORD

• US 20090178136A1
• Filed: 03/10/2009
• Published: 07/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Thomas R. Ruddy
• Original Assignee: Thomas R. Ruddy
• Inventors: Ruddy, Thomas R.
• Application Number:
  US12/400,928
• Publication Number:
  US 20090178136A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/19
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/36 by graphic or iconic representation

Abstract

The invention relates to computers, more particularly to a method and apparatus for entering a password to gain access to computer databases. The object of the invention is to provide efficient protection of the user'"'"'s password from reproduction by an unauthorized person, to substantially increase the number of possible combinations and to create passwords that are maximum easy for the users to memorize. An embodiment of the invention comprises entering parameters of a password entry dynamic image to a computer; displaying to the user the dynamic image with the selected parameters; pointing at least one predetermined object of the dynamic image that has taken a user-predetermined position in space and/or state in time. Another embodiment comprises setting a predetermined access code in the form of a rhythmic pattern; preliminary entering said rhythmic pattern via a user'"'"'s entry device to a computer to store and use the rhythmic pattern in subsequent password entries; when entering the password, entering said rhythmic pattern via a set of contact means of the user'"'"'s entry device.

Claims

1. A method to access an apparatus, comprising:

displaying one or more images each including one or more objects on a screen;

selecting at least one of the displayed one or more objects of each of the displayed images; and

performing a process of the apparatus according to the selected at least one object.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the images comprises displaying the one or more objects on different positions in a space of the screen.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting of the at least one of the displayed one or more objects of the displayed image comprises selecting a first object from the displayed one or more objects of the displayed image at a first time and selecting a second object from the displayed one or more objects of the displayed image at a second time.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the displaying of the image comprises displaying a first object of the one or more objects displayed in a first position of the screen and displaying a first object of the one or more objects displayed in a first position of the screen; and

the first position and the second position are different portions of the screen in space.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the selecting of the at least one of the displayed one or more objects of the displayed image comprises selecting at least two of the displayed objects to form a combination; and

the accessing of the apparatus comprises accessing the apparatus according to the combination.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the selecting of the at least two of the displayed objects comprises selecting the at least two of the displayed objects at different times.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the image comprises a first image and a second image displayed on the screen at a first time and a second time, respectively, the first image including one or more first objects displayed on the screed, and the second image including one or more second objects displayed on the screen; and

the selecting of the at least one object comprises selecting at least one of the displayed first and second objects to form the combination.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the performing of the process of the apparatus comprises performing an access process of the apparatus according to the selected at least one object

9. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the image comprises a plurality of images displayed on the screen; and

the selecting of the at least one object comprises selecting the at least one of the objects included in the displayed images.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the plurality of images comprises one or more objects, and the selected at least one object comprises at least one of the objects of the plurality of images displayed on the screen.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the plurality of images comprises a first image including one or more first objects and a second image including one more second objects.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the one or more objects comprises one or more of selected at least one object comprises at least one first object of the first image and at least one second object of the second image.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the plurality of images comprises a first image and a second image, and the selecting of the at least one object comprises selecting one of objects of the first image and selecting one of objects of the second image after the first image is replaced with the second image on the screen.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the plurality of images are selectively displayed on the screen.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the plurality of images are sequentially displayed on the screen.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the apparatus comprises database to be accessed according to the selected at least one object.

17. The method of claim 9, wherein the accessing of the apparatus comprises:

comparing the selected at least one object with a stored parameter; and

allowing access to the apparatus according to the comparison.

18. The method of claim 9, wherein the performing of the process of the apparatus comprises performing an access process of the apparatus according to the selected at least one object.

19. An apparatus to allow access data, comprising:

a first unit to display one or more images each including one or more objects on a screen;

a second unit configured to select at least one of the displayed one or more objects of each of the displayed image; and

a third unit configured to perform a process of the apparatus according to the selected at least one object.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the first unit displays the one or more objects on different positions in a space of the screen.

21. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the second unit selects a first object from the displayed one or more objects of the displayed image at a first time and selecting a second object from the displayed one or more objects of the displayed image at a second time.

22. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein:

the first unit displays a first object of the one or more objects displayed in a first position of the screen and displays a second object of the one or more objects displayed in a second position of the screen; and

the first position and the second position are different portions of the screen in space.

23. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein:

the second unit selects at least two of the displayed objects to form a combination; and

the third unit performs an access process to the apparatus according to the combination.

24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the second unit selects the at least two of the displayed objects at different times.

25. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein:

the image comprises a first image and a second image displayed on the screen at a first time and a second time, respectively, the first image including one or more first objects displayed on the screed, and the second image including one or more second objects displayed on the screen; and

the second unit selects at least one of the displayed first and second objects to form the combination.

26. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the third unit performs an access process of the apparatus according to the selected at least one object.

27. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein:

the image comprises a plurality of images displayed on the screen; and

the second unit selects the at least one of the objects included in the displayed images.

28. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the plurality of images comprises one or more objects, and the selected at least one object comprises one or more of the one or more objects of the plurality of images displayed on the screen.

29. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the plurality of images comprises a first image including one or more first objects and a second image including one more second objects.

30. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein the at least one object comprises at least one first object of the first image and at least one second object of the second image.

31. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the plurality of images comprises a first image and a second image, and the second unit selects one of objects of the first image and selecting one of objects of the second image displayed after the first image.

32. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the first unit selectively displays the plurality of images on the screen.

33. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the first unit sequentially displays the plurality of images on the screen.

34. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the apparatus comprises database to be accessed in the process performed according to the selected at least one object.

35. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the third unit compares the selected at least one object with a stored parameter to allow access to the apparatus in the process according to the comparison.

36. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the third unit performs an access process of the apparatus according to the selected at least one object.

37. A method to access an apparatus, comprising:

displaying a first image including one or more first objects on a screen;

displaying a second image including one or more second objects on the screen;

selecting at least one of the displayed first objects of the displayed first image at a first time, and selecting at least one of the displayed second objects of the displayed second image at a second time; and

performing a process of an apparatus according to the selected first and second objects.

38. An apparatus to allow access, comprising:

a first unit configured to display a first image including one or more first objects on a screen, and to display a second image including one or more second objects on the screen;

a second unit configured to select one of the displayed first objects of the displayed first image at a first time, and one of the displayed second objects of the displayed second image at a second time; and

a third unit configured to perform a process of an apparatus according to the selected first and second objects.