3D pass-go
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1. A computer-implemented password authentication method comprising:
- a. displaying a three-dimensional (3D) grid with a plurality of horizontal lines in the directions of X-axis and Y-axis and a plurality of vertical lines in the direction of Z-axis on a touch screen of a mobile device upon a user'"'"'s request to access a restricted resource;
b. receiving a password entered by said user using an input device of the mobile device by touching a plurality of sensitive areas surrounding a first intersection inside said 3D grid and a second intersection on an exterior corner of said 3D grid of the horizontal lines and the vertical lines across different planes within said 3D grid, wherein the sensitive areas are visible to said user, and wherein the password is encoded as a sequence of 3D coordinates of said first and second intersections across the different planes within said 3D grid; and
c. granting access to said user if the entered password matches a predetermined password.
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Abstract
A 3D graphical password authentication method displays a 3D grid upon a user'"'"'s request to access a restricted resource. The 3D graphical password authentication method requires the user to enter his or her access password by touching one or more intersections, namely touching the corresponding sensitive areas, on the 3D grid with an input device. A password is then produced as a sequence of the coordinates of the intersections touched along with penup values.
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18 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented password authentication method comprising:
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a. displaying a three-dimensional (3D) grid with a plurality of horizontal lines in the directions of X-axis and Y-axis and a plurality of vertical lines in the direction of Z-axis on a touch screen of a mobile device upon a user'"'"'s request to access a restricted resource; b. receiving a password entered by said user using an input device of the mobile device by touching a plurality of sensitive areas surrounding a first intersection inside said 3D grid and a second intersection on an exterior corner of said 3D grid of the horizontal lines and the vertical lines across different planes within said 3D grid, wherein the sensitive areas are visible to said user, and wherein the password is encoded as a sequence of 3D coordinates of said first and second intersections across the different planes within said 3D grid; and c. granting access to said user if the entered password matches a predetermined password. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that are executable by a processor to carry out a password authentication method, the password authentication method comprising:
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a. displaying a three-dimensional (3D) grid with a plurality of horizontal lines in the directions of X-axis and Y-axis and a plurality of vertical lines in the direction of Z-axis on a touch screen of a mobile device upon a user'"'"'s request to access a restricted resource; and b. receiving a password entered by said user using an input device of the mobile device by touching a plurality of sensitive areas surrounding a first intersection inside said 3D grid and a second intersection on an exterior corner of said 3D grid of the horizontal lines and the vertical lines across different planes within said 3D grid, wherein the sensitive areas are visible to said user, and wherein the password is encoded as a sequence of 3D coordinates of said first and second intersections across the different planes within said 3D grid; and c. granting access to said user if the entered password matches a predetermined password.
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