Authenticating a user of a system via an authentication image mechanism

摘要

In an embodiment, the present invention includes a method for receiving a request for user authentication of a system, displaying an authentication image on a display of the system using a set of random coordinates, receiving a plurality of gesture input values from the user, and determining whether to authenticate the user based at least in part on the plurality of gesture input values. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

主权项

1. A mobile system comprising:
a processor to execute instructions; a manageability engine coupled to the processor and including a security processor to authenticate a user of the mobile system; and a trusted storage associated with the manageability engine to store an authentication image and at least one authentication gesture associated with the authentication image, wherein the security processor is to generate a display frame image having the authentication image within a portion of the display frame image according to a set of random coordinates, provide the display frame image via a trusted channel to a display of the mobile system for display on the display, receive at least one gesture input value from the user based on the display frame image, and determine whether the user is authenticated based on the at least one gesture input value and the at least one authentication gesture, wherein the trusted channel is not visible to an operating system or an application executing on the mobile system.