Authentication using emoji-based passwords
US10169566B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 25, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jan 1, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 25, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L9/3226
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An application platform may receive an input from a user associated with a user account. The input may relate to a request for access to the user account, and include a selection of emojis or images. The application platform may identify text strings associated with the emojis or images, where each text string may correspond to a respective emoji or image. The application platform may perform an action to generate a combined text string based on the text strings, and process the combined text string to derive an output value after performing the action. The application platform may determine whether the output value corresponds to a particular value after processing the combined text string, and authenticate the user to permit the user to access the user account based on determining whether the output value corresponds to the particular value.
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