DYNAMIC INLINE ASSISTANCE MESSAGING

摘要

A method, apparatus and software-related product for substantially real-time assistance for entering secure information such as a password in which dynamically and logically relevant hints/instructions may be displayed to a user during a secure information entry procedure.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by an electronic device through a user interface, a selection of one character for entering a string of characters, the string being constructed from a plurality of characters selected in accordance with one or more predefined rules; evaluating, by the electronic device, the selected one character together with any previously selected characters of the string of characters using the one or more predefined rules; and generating, by the electronic device, a user interface instruction signal comprising information for guiding a user to avoid selecting as a further character of the string of characters any member of a group of one or more characters indicated by the evaluation as breaking one or more of the predefined rules if selected.