Authentication to a remote server from a computing device having stored credentials

摘要

Authentication to a remote-server from a computing device having stored credentials for the remote server is described. In one example, a method of authenticating a user to a remote server through a client application executing on a computing device includes: receiving, by the client application, a request to authenticate the user to the remote server using credentials stored on the computing device; prompting, by the client application, the user for gesture-based password; authenticating, by the client application, the gesture-based password; and sending, by the client application, the stored credentials to the remote server for authentication in response to successful authentication of the gesture-based password.

主权项

1. A method of authenticating a user to a remote server through a client application executing on a computing device, comprising:
receiving user input of a text password for authenticating at a remote server, and storing the text password as credentials on the computing device; receiving, by the client application, a request to authenticate the user to the remote server using the credentials stored on the computing device; prompting, by the client application, the user for a gesture-based password in order to use the text password of the credentials; authenticating, by the client application, the gesture-based password; and sending, by the client application, the stored credentials to the remote server for authentication in response to successful authentication of the gesture-based password, the text password of the credentials being used for authentication at the remote server; obtaining indicia of at least one of motion or orientation of the client computing device during input of the gesture-based password; comparing the indicia of the motion and/or orientation to predefined motion and/or orientation; and authenticating the gesture-based password based on a combination of comparison results from the sample data of the at least one human gesture and the indicia of the motion and/or orientation.