Information processor, information processing method, and computer program product

• US 8,561,171 B2
• Filed: 04/05/2012
• Issued: 10/15/2013
• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): Cervetti, David Garcia
• Application Number:
  US13/440,251
• Publication Number:
  US 20120324570A1
• Time in Patent Office: 558 Days
• Field of Search: 726/19
• 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 storage module configured to store therein object specifying data comprising a plurality of display objects preliminarily selected from a plurality of types of objects by a user and location data configured to specify display positions corresponding to the object specifying data in accordance with a selection order upon user authentication, the display objects comprising at least one authentication object and at least one non-authentication object;

a display module configured to display the display objects at predetermined display positions unchanged with respect to each user based on the object specifying data and the location data by referring to stored content of the storage module;

an operation module configured to make a user perform a selection operation to select the authentication object upon user authentication; and

a login permission module configured to perform login permission process if it is determined that the authentication object is selected in accordance with the selection order at the operation module, based on stored content of the storage module.

2. The information processor of claim 1, wherein

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

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

an input module configured to input user identification information configured to identify the user; and

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

4. The information processor of claim 3, wherein, upon displaying at least one of the display objects on the display module, the display controller is configured to display a display sub-object so as to be visually integrated with the at least one of the display objects.

5. The information processor of claim 4, wherein, with respect to at least one of the selected display objects, the display module is configured to superimpose display of a sub-object arbitrarily selected from a plurality of preset sub-objects on display of the display object so as to display the superimposed display as one visually integrated object.

6. The information processor of claim 3, wherein

the storage module is configured to store therein the user identification information and the display objects selected by the user in association with each other.

7. The information processor of claim 1, wherein

the operation module is further configured to make the user perform the preliminarily selection to select the display objects from the plurality of types of objects, and

the storage module is configured to store therein the object specifying data comprising the display objects preliminarily selected by the operation module and the location data.

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

storing object specifying data comprising a plurality of display objects preliminarily selected form a plurality of types of objects by a user and a location data configured to specify display positions corresponding to the object specifying data in accordance with a selection order upon user authentication, the display objects comprising at least one authentication object and at least one non-authentication object;

displaying the display objects at predetermined display positions unchanged with respect to each user based on the object specifying data and the location data by referring to stored content stored at the storing;

making a user perform a selection operation to select the authentication object upon user authentication; and

performing login permission process if it is determined that the authentication object is selected in accordance with the selection order at the making, based on stored content stored at the storing.

9. The information processing method of claim 8, further comprising:

making the user perform the preliminarily selection to select the display objects from the plurality of types of objects, wherein

the storing stores the object specifying data comprising the preliminarily selected display objects and the location data.

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

storing object specifying data comprising a plurality of display objects preliminarily selected form a plurality of types of objects by a user and a location data configured to specify display positions corresponding to the object specifying data in accordance with a selection order upon user authentication, the display objects comprising at least one authentication object and at least one non-authentication object;

display the display objects at predetermined display positions unchanged with respect to each user based on the object specifying data and the location data by referring to stored content stored at the storing;

making a user perform a selection operation to select the authentication object upon user authentication; and

performing login permission process if it is determined that the authentication object is selected in accordance with the selection order at the making, based on stored content stored at the storing.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising code that, when executed, causes the computer to perform:

making the user perform the preliminarily selection to select the display objects from the plurality of types of objects, wherein

the storing stores the object specifying data comprising the preliminarily selected display objects and the location data.