Method And Apparatus For Generating Password By Means of Press Touch

• US 20180336339A1
• Filed: 06/25/2016
• Published: 11/22/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2016
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: WANG, Shoucheng
• Application Number:
  US15/776,025
• Publication Number:
  US 20180336339A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/46 by designing passwords or checking the strength of passwords

Abstract

A method for generating a password by press touch is disclosed. The method includes determining, by a device, whether a current interface is in a password entering state; in response to determining that the current interface is in a password entering state, receiving, by the device, user input information, where the input information includes a character and a pressure value generated when the character is entered; and processing, by the device, the character according to the pressure value, to generate a password.

Claims

1. A method for generating a password, wherein the method comprises:

determining, by a device, whether a current interface is in a password entering state;

in response to determining that the current interface is in a password entering state, receiving, by the device, user input information, wherein the input information comprises a character and a pressure value generated when the character is entered; and

processing, by the device, the character according to the pressure value, to generate a password.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the current interface is a user interface having an input focus.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining, by a device, whether a current interface is in a password entering state comprises:

determining, by the device, whether the current interface is in a password entering state according to an input box type of the current interface.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the method further comprises:

in response to determining that the input box type is android;

inputType=“

textPassword”

, determining, by the device, that the current interface is in a password entering state.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

in response to determining that the current interface is not in a password entering state, adjusting, by the device, an input mode of an input method according to an input box type of the current interface.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

verifying the generated password.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the processing, by the device, the character according to the pressure value comprises:

if there are multiple password generation algorithms, generating a password according to a password generation algorithm selected by a user.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the input information is (X_n, Y_n), X_n is an entered character, Y_n is a pressure value corresponding to X_n, and n is a natural number;

and

wherein the processing, by the device, the character according to the pressure value, to generate a password comprises;

determining, by the device, whether Y_n is less than a preset first threshold Y_max1; and

in response to determining Y_n<

Y_max1, generating, by the device, a password X_n.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the input information is (X_n, Y_n), X_n is an entered character, Y_n is a pressure value corresponding to X_n, and n is a natural number;

and

wherein the processing, by the device, the character according to the pressure value, to generate a password comprises;

determining, by the device, whether Y_n is greater than a preset second threshold Y_max2; and

in response to determining Y_n>

Y_max2, generating, by the device, a password X_n, X_n.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the input information comprises (X₁, Y₁), (X₂, Y₂), . . . , (X_k−

1, Y<sub>k−

1</sub>), (X_k, Y_k), (X_k+1, Y_k+1), . . . , and (X_n, Y_n), X₁, X₂, . . . , X<sub>k−

1</sub>, X_k, X_k+1, . . . , and X_n are entered characters, Y₁, Y₂, . . . , Y<sub>k−

1</sub>, Y_k, Y_k+1, . . . , and Y_n are pressure values corresponding to the characters, k and n are natural numbers, and n≥

k>

1; and

wherein the processing, by the device, the character according to the pressure value, to generate a password comprises;

determining, by the device, whether Y₁, Y₂, . . . , Y<sub>k−

1</sub>, Y_k, Y_k+1, . . . , and Y_n are greater than a preset third threshold Y_max3; and

in response to determining that Y<sub>k−

1</sub> is the first pressure value greater than the third threshold Y_max3, generating, by the device, a password X<sub>k−

1</sub>, X_k, X_k+1, . . . , X_n.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the input information comprises (X₁, Y₁) and (X₂, Y₂), X₁ and X₂ are entered characters, and Y₁ and Y₂ are pressure values corresponding to the characters;

and

wherein the processing, by the device, the character according to the pressure value, to generate a password comprises;

determining, by the device, whether Y₁ is greater than or less than of Y₂; and

if Y₂>

Y₁, generating a password X₂, X₁;

or

if Y₂≤

Y₁, generating a password X₁, X₂.

12. (canceled)

13. An apparatus, comprising:

a pressure-sensitive touchscreen configured to receive user input information,

at least one processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor and a password generation algorithm, wherein the programming instructions instruct the at least one processor to perform operations comprising;

determining whether a current interface is in a password entering state;

in response to the processor determines that the current interface is in a password entering state identifying user input information received by the pressure-sensitive touchscreen, wherein the input information comprises a character and a pressure value generated when the character is entered; and

processing the character according to the pressure value, to generate a password.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein determining whether a current interface is in a password entering state comprises:

determining whether the current interface is in a password entering state according to an input box type of the current interface.

15. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the input information is (X_n, Y_n), X_n is an entered character, Y_n is a pressure value corresponding to X_n, and n is a natural number;

and

wherein the processing the character according to the pressure value, to generate a password comprises;

determining whether Y_n is less than a preset first threshold Y_max1; and

in response to determining Y_n<

Y_max1, generating a password X_n.

16. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the input information is (X_n, Y_n), X_n is an entered character, Y_n is a pressure value corresponding to X_n, and n is a natural number;

and

wherein the processing the character according to the pressure value, to generate a password comprises;

determining whether Y_n is greater than a preset second threshold Y_max2; and

in response to determining Y_n>

Y_max2, the processor generates a password X_n, X_n.

17. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the input information comprises (X₁, Y₁), (X₂, Y₂), . . . , (X_k−

1, Y<sub>k−

1</sub>), (X_k, Y_k), (X_k+1, Y_k+1), and (X_n, Y_n), X₁, X₂, . . . , X<sub>k−

1</sub>, X_k, X_k+1, . . ., and X_n are entered characters, Y₁, Y₂, . . . , Y<sub>k−

1</sub>, Y_k, Y_k+1, . . . , and Y_n are pressure values corresponding to the characters, k and n are natural numbers, and n≥

k>

1; and

wherein the processing the character according to the pressure value, to generate a password comprises;

determining whether Y₁, Y₂, . . . , Y<sub>k−

1</sub>, Y_k, Y_k+1, . . . , and Y_n are greater than a preset third threshold Y_max3; and

in response to determining that Y<sub>k−

1</sub> is the first pressure value greater than the third threshold Y_max3, generating a password X<sub>k−

1</sub>, X_k, X_k+1, . . . , X_n.

18. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the input information comprises (X₁, Y₁) and (X₂, Y₂), X₁ and X₂ are entered characters, and Y₁ and Y₂ are pressure values corresponding to the characters;

and

wherein the processing the character according to the pressure value, to generate a password comprises;

determining whether Y₁ is greater than or less than Y₂; and

if Y₂>

Y₁, generates a password X₂, X₁;

or

if Y₂≤

Y₁, generates a password X₁, X₂.

19. (canceled)

20. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores executable instructions that cause a device to perform operations comprising:

determining, by a device, whether a current interface is in a password entering state;

when determining that the current interface is in a password entering state, receiving, by the device, user input information, wherein the user input information comprises a character and a pressure value generated when the character is entered; and

processing, by the device, the character according to the pressure value, to generate a password.

21. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 20, wherein the processing, by the device, the character according to the pressure value comprises:

if there are multiple password generation algorithms, generating a password according to a password generation algorithm selected by a user.

22. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 20, wherein the input information is (X_n, Y_n), X_n is an entered character, Y_n is a pressure value corresponding to X_n, and n is a natural number;

and

wherein the processing, by the device, the character according to the pressure value, to generate a password comprises;

determining, by the device, whether Y_n is less than a preset first threshold Y_max1; and

in response to determining Y_n<

Y_max1, generating, by the device, a password X_n.