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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Denise A. Bell, Austin, TX (US);
Lisa Seacat DeLuca, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jana H. Jenkins, Raleigh, NC (US);
Trevor Livingston, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
When visual focus on a mobile device is limited, aural cues can be used to aid in entering a pattern based access code. The mobile device displays a plurality of positions from which an access code for accessing a mobile device can be selected. Indications of a set of positions of the plurality of positions in a sequence are received. The sequence of the set of the positions form an access code. For at least the first of the set of positions, an aural cue associated with the first position is determined, and the aural cue is emitted to indicate the first position based on the aural cue. It is determined whether the access code is correct. Access to the mobile device is allowed if the access code is correct.