USER AUTHENTICATION SYSTEMS FOR REMOTE COMPUTERS, INTERNET APPLICATIONS AND ONLINE SERVICES

摘要

A system for authenticating users to a remote computers, networks and applications is provided whereby a user provides a remote system with basic identification, the remote system contacts an authentication server, the authentication system provides the user with one or more graphical challenge interfaces that require a user to select specific locations in one or more graphics to prove his identity, where the user has previously chosen the graphics and specific locations, the graphics and specific locations are stored securely in the authentication server, and successful identification of the preselected locations authenticates the user to the remote computer, networks and/or application.

主权项

1. A system for authenticating a user to a remote computer system comprising:
A remote computer system containing a resource or application accessible to authorized users and having a list of authorized users; An authentication system that is contacted by the remote computer system and is provided with the identification of a presumptively authorized user seeking to access the remote computer system; The authentication system containing one or more graphics and locations previously created by the user and stored on the authentication system; The authentication system providing one or more of the stored graphics to the user's computer screen and logging the locations selected by the user in response to these one or more graphics; and The authentication system comparing the logged locations with the stored locations and if they are within a specified tolerance, authenticating the user to the remote computer system.