Picture gesture authentication
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1. A machine-implemented method for authenticating a user session, comprising:
- displaying a personalized digital image on a display screen;
receiving a user drawing set executed by a user, the user drawing set superimposed on the personalized digital image and having a user drawing set member, the user drawing set member having a user touch point selecting a position on the personalized digital image and a user gesture selecting a set of positions on the personalized digital image; and
authenticating access to the user session if the position or the set of positions on the personalized digital image match a library position set associated with the user.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a picture signature password system may use a picture signature password to determine access to a computing device or service. A display screen 172 may display a personalized digital image 310. A user input device 160 may receive a user drawing set executed by a user over the personalized digital image 310. A processor 120 may authenticate access to the user session if the user drawing set matches a library drawing set associated with the user.
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1. A machine-implemented method for authenticating a user session, comprising:
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displaying a personalized digital image on a display screen; receiving a user drawing set executed by a user, the user drawing set superimposed on the personalized digital image and having a user drawing set member, the user drawing set member having a user touch point selecting a position on the personalized digital image and a user gesture selecting a set of positions on the personalized digital image; and authenticating access to the user session if the position or the set of positions on the personalized digital image match a library position set associated with the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-readable storage device having a set of instructions stored thereon that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
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displaying a digital image on a display screen; receiving, from a user and superimposed over the digital image on the display screen, a user drawing set having one or more user drawing set members, at least one of the user drawing set members having a user touch point selecting a position on the digital image and a user gesture selecting a set of positions on the digital image; associating one of the user drawing set members with a user position set; associating a library drawing set member with a library position set; determining that the user drawing set member and the library drawing set member match if the user position set is within a position tolerance value of the library position set; and authenticating access to a user session responsive to determining that the user drawing set member matches the library drawing set member. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A picture signature password system, comprising:
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a display screen to display a personalized digital image; a user input device to receive, superimposed over the personalized digital image on the display screen, a user drawing set having a user touch point selecting a position on the personalized digital image and a user gesture selecting a set of positions on the personalized digital image; and a processor to authenticate access to a user session if the position or the set of positions selected by the user touch point or the user gesture on the personalized digital image, respectively, matches, within position tolerance values, a library position set. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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