Graphical user interface (GUI) that receives directional input to change face for receiving passcode

• US 9,304,655 B2
• Filed: 02/01/2013
• Issued: 04/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: Sinha, Akshay
• Primary Examiner(s): Hur, Ece
• Application Number:
  US13/756,748
• Publication Number:
  US 20140223378A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,159 Days
• Field of Search: 715/836
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/36 by graphic or iconic representation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/45 Structures or tools for the administration of authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/46 by designing passwords or checking the strength of passwords
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34

Abstract

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium includes instructions stored thereon. When executed by at least one processor, the instructions may be configured to cause a computing system to at least generate a graphical user interface (GUI), receive selections of characters and directional input, and compare the selections of the characters and the directional input to a stored passcode combination. The GUI may include at least one face and a plurality of buttons inside the at least one face. At least some of the plurality of buttons may include characters in a random or pseudorandom sequence. The GUI may be configured to receive selections of the characters and directional input to the at least one face.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, are configured to cause a computing system to at least:

generate a graphical user interface (GUI), the GUI including;

a polyhedron, the polyhedron including at least one face and a plurality of other faces; and

a plurality of buttons inside the at least one face and the plurality of other faces, at least some of the plurality of buttons including characters in a random or pseudorandom sequence, the characters on the plurality of other faces being the same and in a same sequence as the characters on the at least one face, a new random or pseudorandom sequence of the characters being generated when a new instance of the polyhedron is generated,

the GUI being configured to receive selections of the characters and directional input to the at least one face and the plurality of other faces;

receive the selections of the characters and the directional input; and

compare the selections of the characters and the directional input to a stored passcode combination.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the buttons are rectangular.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein some of the buttons do not include characters and are non-selectable.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the selections of the characters include mouse clicks on the buttons.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the directional input includes at least one selection of either the at least one face or one of the plurality of other faces.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the directional input includes a rotation to a second face of the plurality of other faces, the second face including a second plurality of buttons inside the second face, at least some of the second plurality of buttons including the characters in the random or pseudorandom sequence.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the directional input includes a plurality of rotations to the plurality of other faces.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein:

the directional input includes rotations of the polyhedron to change which of the at least one face and plurality of other faces is facing outward from a display of the computing system.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein:

the GUI includes a cube, the cube including the at least one face and the plurality of other faces; and

the directional input includes rotations of the cube to change which of the at least one face and plurality of other faces is facing outward from a display of the computing system.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, further configured to cause the computing system to receive a username in association with a login attempt, the stored passcode combination to which the selections of the characters and the directional input are compared being associated with the received username.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions stored thereon for implementing a secure computer passcode interface, the instructions being configured to cause a computing system to at least:

generate a graphical user interface (GUI) for entering a passcode, the graphical user interface including a polyhedron with multiple faces, each of the multiple faces including a plurality of shapes, at least some of the plurality of shapes on each of the multiple faces including a character, each of the multiple faces including the same characters in a same sequence as the other faces, the GUI being configured to generate a new sequence of the characters when a new instance of the polyhedron is generated;

wherein the GUI is configured to receive;

selections of shapes representing the characters included therein; and

directional input to change which of the multiple faces is displayed.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the directional input includes a rotation of the polyhedron.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the sequence of characters on all of the faces is a random or pseudorandom sequence.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the computing system to compare the characters represented by the selected shapes, and the faces from which the shapes were selected, to a stored passcode.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the computing system to compare the characters represented by the selected shapes, and the directional input, to a stored passcode.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, are configured to cause a computing system to at least:

generate a graphical user interface (GUI), the GUI including;

a plurality of faces; and

a plurality of buttons inside each of the plurality of faces, at least some of the plurality of buttons including characters in a random or pseudorandom sequence, the characters and the random or pseudorandom sequence being the same for each of the plurality of faces, a new random or pseudorandom sequence of the characters being generated when a new instance of the GUI is generated,

the GUI being configured to receive selections of the characters and directional input to the at least one face;

receive the selections of the characters and the directional input; and

store the selections of the characters and the directional input for later comparison during a login attempt.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein:

the GUI includes a cube and the plurality of faces includes six faces; and

each of the six faces includes the plurality of buttons including the same characters in the same random or pseudorandom sequence.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the storing includes storing a face identifier in association with each of the selected characters.