INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

• US 20120324570A1
• Filed: 04/05/2012
• Published: 12/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Client Solutions CO., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Taniuchi, Kenichi
• Granted Patent: US 8,561,171 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/19
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/36 by graphic or iconic representation

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an information processor includes a display module and an operation module. The display module displays a plurality of display objects each at a predetermined display position. The display objects are selected in advance by a user from a plurality of objects and includes authentication objects. The operation module is used for operation to select the authentication objects in a predetermined order upon user authentication.

Claims

1. An information processor comprising:

a display module configured to display a plurality of display objects each at a predetermined display position, the display objects being selected in advance by a user from a plurality of objects and comprising authentication objects; and

an operation module configured to be used for operation to select the authentication objects in a predetermined order upon user authentication.

2. The information processor of claim 1, wherein

the predetermined order is a selection order in which the authentication objects are selected, and

the selection order of the authentication objects for the user authentication is set in advance by the user.

3. The information processor of claim 1, wherein the display position on the display module is unchanged with respect to each user.

4. The information processor of claim 1, further comprising:

an input module configured to input user identification information that identifies the user; and

a display controller configured to display the display objects associated with the user on the display module.

5. The information processor of claim 4, wherein the display controller is configured to display each of the display objects visually integrated with a display sub-object on the display module.

6. The information processor of claim 4, further comprising a storage module configured to store the user identification information in association with the display objects selected by the user.

7. The information processor of claim 4, further comprising:

an authentication information storage module configured to store authentication information in association with the user; and

a determination module configured to determine whether the user is a valid user identified by the user identification information based on the authentication information and an order in which the authentication objects are selected on the operation module.

8. The information processor of claim 1, wherein the display module is configured to superimpose an image of a sub-object arbitrarily selected from a plurality of preset sub-objects on an image of each of the display objects and to display the display object and the sub-object that are visually integrated as one object.

9. An information processing method applied to an information processor comprising a display device and an operation device, the information processing method comprising:

displaying a plurality of display objects each at a predetermined display position, the display objects being selected in advance by a user from a plurality of objects and comprising authentication objects; and

selecting the authentication objects in a predetermined order upon user authentication.

10. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and comprising code that, when executed, causes a computer to:

display a plurality of display objects each at a predetermined display position, the display objects being selected in advance by a user from a plurality of objects and comprising authentication objects; and

select the authentication objects in a predetermined order upon user authentication.