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Antialiasing for picture passwords and other touch displays

US9490981B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 2, 2015
Grant dateNov 8, 2016
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 2, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2209/20
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Antialiasing for picture passwords and other touch displays is disclosed. In some embodiments a client device for authenticating a user is operable to obtain a sequence of input actions for an image and obtain a partial hash from a Proof of Knowledge (PoK) server where the partial hash is part of a hash used for authentication of the user. The client device is also operable to calculate a hash for the sequence and determine if a part of the hash matches the partial hash. If the part of the hash matches the partial hash, the client device sends a communication to the PoK server to authenticate the user based on the hash for the sequence of the one or more input actions and obtain a response indicating whether the user is authenticated. In this way, sending some hashes to the proof of knowledge server may not be necessary, saving resources.

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