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• US 9,886,572 B2
• Filed: 03/05/2015
• Issued: 02/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Goldberg, Itzhack, Kozloski, James R., Pickover, Clifford A., Vukovic, Maja
• Primary Examiner(s): Pyzocha, Michael
• Application Number:
  US14/639,170
• Publication Number:
  US 20160259935A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,069 Days
• Field of Search: 726 6
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/45 Structures or tools for the administration of authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2103 Challenge-response
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2131 Lost password, e.g. recovery of lost or forgotten passwords

Abstract

A method to create and store at least one challenge question transformation (CQT) is provided. The method may include receiving an access query to a user interface associated with a password-recovery challenge question. The method may also include associating the at least one stored CQT with the password-recovery challenge question. The method may further include retrieving the associated CQT from a storage repository.

Claims

1. A method to create and store at least one challenge question transformation (CQT), the method comprising:

suggesting, via a graphical user interface, a challenge-response transformation to a user to assist the user with creating the at least one CQT associated with a password-recovery challenge question, wherein the challenge-response transformation assists with creating an altered answer to the password-recovery question;

in response to a confirmation from the user, storing the at least one CQT in a repository;

mapping the stored at least one CQT to the password-recovery challenge question;

receiving an access query to a user interface associated with the password-recovery challenge question;

associating the at least one stored CQT with the password-recovery challenge question;

retrieving the associated CQT from the storage repository;

displaying the password recovery question on a first device associated with the user interface;

in response to detecting a second device, sending an audio clue via the detected second device, wherein the second device is wearable, and wherein the sent audio clue includes transformation steps associated with the retrieved CQT; and

in response to receiving an answer that matches the transformation steps associated with the retrieved CQT on the first device, displaying, on the first device, a plurality of information associated with the received access query.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the storing of the at least one challenge question transformation is associated with an additional real world context surrounding an accessing of the user interface.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a plurality of personas is managed to assist a user in recalling the at least one stored challenge question transformation (CQT).

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one challenge question transformation (CQT) is suggested to a user.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein at least one humanoid image is associated with at least one persona within the plurality of personas.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein a virtual universe is used to manage the plurality of personas.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein a cognitive persona suggester (CPS) is used to show one or more personas within the plurality of personas to the user in order to assist the user in recalling the at least one stored challenge question transformation (CQT).

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the challenge response transformation suggested to the user can be configured with respect to difficulty for the user and a device associated with the user.

9. A computer system to create and store at least one challenge question transformation (CQT), the computer system comprising:

one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, wherein the computer system is capable of performing a method comprising;

suggesting, via a graphical user interface, a challenge-response transformation to a user to assist the user with creating the at least one CQT associated with a password-recovery challenge question, wherein the challenge-response transformation assists with creating an altered answer to the password-recovery question;

in response to a confirmation from the user, storing the at least one CQT in a repository;

mapping the stored at least one CQT to the password-recovery challenge question;

receiving an access query to a user interface associated with a password-recovery challenge question;

associating the at least one stored CQT with the password-recovery challenge question;

retrieving the associated CQT from the storage repository;

displaying the password recovery question on a first device associated with the user interface;

in response to detecting a second device, sending an audio clue via the detected second device, wherein the second device is wearable, and wherein the sent audio clue includes transformation steps associated with the retrieved CQT; and

in response to receiving an answer that matches the transformation steps associated with the retrieved CQT on the first device, displaying, on the first device, a plurality of information associated with the received access query.

10. The computer system of claim 9, wherein the storing of the at least one challenge question transformation is associated with an additional real world context surrounding an accessing of the user interface.

11. The computer system of claim 9, wherein a plurality of personas is managed to assist a user in recalling the at least one stored challenge question transformation (CQT).

12. The computer system of claim 9, wherein the at least one challenge question transformation (CQT) is suggested to a user.

13. The computer system of claim 11, wherein at least one humanoid image is associated with at least one persona within the plurality of personas.

14. The computer system of claim 11, wherein a virtual universe is used to manage the plurality of personas.

15. The computer system of claim 11, wherein a cognitive persona suggester (CPS) is used to show one or more personas within the plurality of personas to the user in order to assist the user in recalling the at least one stored challenge question transformation (CQT).

16. The method computer system of claim 9, wherein the challenge response transformation suggested to the user can be configured with respect to difficulty for the user and a device associated with the user.

17. A computer program product to create and store at least one challenge question transformation (CQT), the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer-readable storage devices and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage devices, the program instructions executable by a processor, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to suggest, via a graphical user interface, a challenge-response transformation to a user to assist the user with creating the at least one CQT associated with a password-recovery challenge question, wherein the challenge-response transformation assists with creating an altered answer to the password-recovery question;

in response to a confirmation from the user, program instructions to store the at least one CQT in a repository;

program instructions to map the stored at least one CQT to the password-recovery challenge question;

program instructions to receive an access query to a user interface associated with a password-recovery challenge question;

program instructions to associate the at least one stored CQT with the password-recovery challenge question;

program instructions to retrieve the associated CQT from the storage repository;

program instructions to display the password recovery question on a first device associated with the user interface;

in response to detecting a second device, program instructions to send an audio clue via the detected second device, wherein the second device is wearable, and wherein the sent audio clue includes transformation steps associated with the retrieved CQT and

in response to receiving an answer that matches the transformation steps associated with the retrieved CQT on the first device, program instructions to display, on the first device, a plurality of information associated with the received access query.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the storing of the at least one challenge question transformation is associated with an additional real world context surrounding an accessing of the user interface.