Security key entry using ancillary input device

摘要

A physical, non-human readable representation of a digital key may be in a physical key article. The key article may enable a person to generate a signal representing the digital key from a user interface device in communication with a computer by physical manipulation of the key article. Access to digital content via the computer may be unlocked in response to receiving the signal. In addition, a key may be represented by a pattern of unreadable errors in a computer-readable medium.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
configuring a physical, non-human readable representation of a digital key in a physical key article including providing the physical, non-human readable representation configured as contours in the physical key article, enabling a person to generate a signal representing the digital key from a user interface device in communication with a computer by physical manipulation of the key article, wherein the signal is not human readable, the user interface device comprises a microphone and the physical key article enables generating the signal in the form of sound by dragging an object over the contours in the physical key article; and unlocking access to digital content via the computer in response to receiving the signal.