Login system for a graphical user interface using a pattern that provides feedback on the pattern
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1. A portable computer system havinga processor;
- a screen, driven by information from the processor and producing at least one viewable part which can be viewed by a user, said screen showing a user interface that allows a user to input at least one pattern that is shown on the screen, wherein during said input being received, displaying pattern segment separate information to be displayed indicating a current segment as the design is being inputted, where the current segment is relative to total available segments, and wherein the separate information is separate information on a display screen;
a memory which stores a defined pattern that represents whether a user is allowed access to resources of the processor; and
wherein said processor compares the at least one pattern that is inputted to the defined pattern in the memory, and denies access to said resources of the processor when said at least one pattern does not match the pattern in the memory, and allows access to said resources of the processor when said at least one pattern matches the pattern in the memory, wherein said pattern requires multiple different parts to be in multiple different colors, said user interface also allows selecting different colors as part of said pattern, and said memory stores different colors associated with each of said multiple different parts, and requires said colors to be selected and correctly positioned in order to allow said access to said resources of said processor and where the system includes different cursors associated with the different colors.
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Abstract
A user sets a design and uses that to get access to a resource. The design can include lines, and distances of lines, directions and locations. The design can require a user to select a color and can include colors and amounts by which the different entered parts need to overlap.
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20 Claims
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1. A portable computer system having
a processor; -
a screen, driven by information from the processor and producing at least one viewable part which can be viewed by a user, said screen showing a user interface that allows a user to input at least one pattern that is shown on the screen, wherein during said input being received, displaying pattern segment separate information to be displayed indicating a current segment as the design is being inputted, where the current segment is relative to total available segments, and wherein the separate information is separate information on a display screen; a memory which stores a defined pattern that represents whether a user is allowed access to resources of the processor; and wherein said processor compares the at least one pattern that is inputted to the defined pattern in the memory, and denies access to said resources of the processor when said at least one pattern does not match the pattern in the memory, and allows access to said resources of the processor when said at least one pattern matches the pattern in the memory, wherein said pattern requires multiple different parts to be in multiple different colors, said user interface also allows selecting different colors as part of said pattern, and said memory stores different colors associated with each of said multiple different parts, and requires said colors to be selected and correctly positioned in order to allow said access to said resources of said processor and where the system includes different cursors associated with the different colors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 19)
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10. A method comprising:
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in a portable computer, accepting information from a user indicative of a design to be used as an access key to access the portable computer; storing said design in a memory as an authorized design; subsequently accepting input indicative of an inputted design on said computer; displaying the inputted design, as said input is received, wherein during said input being received, displaying pattern segment separate information to be displayed indicating a current segment as the design is being inputted, where the current segment is relative to total available segments, and wherein the separate information is separate information on a display screen; and allowing said access to said portable computer when the inputted design matches the authorized design, and prohibiting said access when the design does not match the authorized design, wherein said inputted design requires multiple different parts to be in multiple different colors, said user interface also allows selecting different colors as part of said pattern, and said memory stores different colors associated with each of said multiple different parts, and requires said colors to be selected and correctly positioned in order to allow said access to said resources of said processor and where the system includes different cursors associated with the different colors. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 20)
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14. A portable computer system having
a processor; -
a screen, driven by information from the processor and producing at least one viewable part which can be viewed by a user, said screen showing a user interface that allows a user to input at least one design part that is shown on the screen in any of a number of colors, where each of the colors is selected by selecting a specific cursor for a specific color, where different color cursors have different shapes and where there are multiple different color cursors which can be selected; a memory which stores a defined design that represents whether a user is allowed access to resources of the processor including a color of the design; and wherein said processor compares the at least one design part that is inputted to the defined design in the memory, and denies access to said resources of the processor when a color of said at least one design part does not match a corresponding color of the design in the memory, and wherein during said input being received, displaying pattern segment separate information to be displayed indicating a current segment as the design is being inputted, where the current segment is relative to total available segments, and wherein the separate information is separate information on a display screen. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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