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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018

Filed:

May. 08, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Yuk L. Chan, Rochester, NY (US);

Michael D. Essenmacher, Danbury, CT (US);

James M. Hertzig, Tillson, NY (US);

David B. Lection, Raleigh, NC (US);

Mark A. Scott;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/31 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/1408 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2103 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2133 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is a method, computer program product, and/or system that performs the following steps (not necessarily in the following order): (i) presenting a first challenge-response test to a requestor seeking access to a first application; (ii) receiving a first answer to the first challenge-response test from the requestor; (iii) storing a first test-answer set; and (iv) selecting a subsequent challenge-response test, based at least in part on the first test-answer set. The first test-answer set includes the first answer and a first test indicator. At least the selecting step is performed by computer software running on computer hardware.


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