PICTURE/GESTURE PASSWORD PROTECTION
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Abstract
A system and a computer program product are provided for identifying a strength of an input picture password formed by performing a sequence of gestures relative to a picture. The system includes a memory device for storing a crowdsource history of picture passwords formed by tracking a plurality of picture passwords used to authenticate a plurality of users. Each of the plurality of users has a respective user profile. The system further includes a processor-based demography-based pattern usage assessment generator for generating a demography-based pattern usage assessment by analyzing the crowd source history and the user profile of the plurality of users. The system also includes a user-perceptible indication device for providing an indication of the strength of the input picture password in accordance with the demography-based pattern usage assessment.
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20 Claims
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15. A computer program product for identifying a strength of an input picture password formed by performing a sequence of gestures relative to a picture, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform a method comprising:
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storing, in a memory device, a crowdsource history of picture passwords formed by tracking a plurality of picture passwords used to authenticate a plurality of users, each of the plurality of users having a respective user profile; generating, by a processor-based demography-based pattern usage assessment generator, a demography-based pattern usage assessment by analyzing the crowd source history and the user profile of the plurality of users; and providing, by a user-perceptible indication device, an indication of the strength of the input picture password in accordance with the demography-based pattern usage assessment.
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16. A system for identifying a strength of an input picture password formed by performing a sequence of gestures relative to a picture, the system comprising:
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a memory device for storing a crowdsource history of picture passwords formed by tracking a plurality of picture passwords used to authenticate a plurality of users, each of the plurality of users having a respective user profile; a processor-based demography-based pattern usage assessment generator for generating a demography-based pattern usage assessment by analyzing the crowd source history and the user profile of the plurality of users; and a user-perceptible indication device for providing an indication of the strength of the input picture password in accordance with the demography-based pattern usage assessment. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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