METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENTERING A COMPUTER DATABASE PASSWORD
First Claim
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.
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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.
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38 Claims
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1. A method to access an apparatus, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus to allow access data, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method to access an apparatus, comprising:
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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.
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38. An apparatus to allow access, comprising:
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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.
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