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AUTOMATED TEST TO TELL COMPUTERS AND HUMANS APART

  • US 20100325706A1
  • Filed: 09/18/2009
  • Published: 12/23/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • in response to receiving a request to validate a user to determine if the user is a computer or a human, performing the following steps;

    selecting a set of images from an image data store, wherein each image selected is different from the other selected images;

    generating a challenge instruction, the challenge instruction instructing the user to select from the set of images an image identified in the challenge instruction;

    generating a user interface for displaying the challenge instruction and for displaying each image from the set of images to the user one at a time in a sequential fashion, each image being displayed for an interval of time; and

    receiving a user input indicating an image selected by the user from the set of images;

    wherein if the user selects the image identified in the challenge instruction while the image is being displayed, generating a response to the request to validate the user, indicating that the user has successfully responded to the challenge instruction.

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