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Image or pictographic based computer login systems and methods

  • US RE47,518 E1
  • Filed: 01/12/2017
  • Issued: 07/16/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A user authentication method, comprising acts of:

  • displaying a first image on a display screen;

    receiving a first user input comprising a first shape that is drawn around a portion of the displayed first image;

    performing a first authentication step comprising verifying that the portion of the displayed first image around which the first shape is drawn, matches a designated portion of the first image that is predetermined for user authentication;

    displaying a second image on the display screen, wherein displaying of the second image provides no indication of a result of the first authentication step;

    receiving a second user input comprising a second shape that is drawn around a portion of the displayed second image;

    performing a second authentication step comprising verifying that the portion of the displayed second image around which the second shape is drawn, matches a designated portion of the second image that is predetermined for user authentication; and

    determining that a user is successfully authenticated upon successful completion of the first and second authentication steps;

    wherein at least one of the first or second authentication steps further comprising;

    verifying that the respective first or second shape matches a predetermined shape, andverifying that a direction in which the respective first or second shape is drawn matches a predetermined direction.

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