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Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2020
Applicant:

Throughputer, Inc., Williamsburg, VA (US);

Inventor:

Mark Henrik Sandstrom, Alexandria, VA (US);

Assignee:

ThroughPuter, Inc., Williamsburg, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/45 (2013.01); G06F 21/36 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/45 (2013.01); G06F 21/36 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2103 (2013.01);
Abstract

Online user account access control includes adjustable authentication challenge levels based on a level of match between observed attributes of a present login attempt and corresponding recorded attributes for the authentic user for the entered user identifier (UID). Login candidates whose attributes sufficiently closely match the recorded attributes for the entered UID are allowed to select an authentication graphic pattern registered for the UID from a set of alternatives, with the degree of complexity of such selection based authentication increasing according to the degree of difference between the observed attributes of the present login attempt and the corresponding recorded values for the UID, while by default, login candidates may be required to produce the registered authentication graphic pattern from blank slate. Accordingly, authentic, but only authentic, users are able to login with high convenience, with underlying graphic pattern-based passcode protected against dictionary-based and brute-force attacks, or capture, by unauthorized parties.


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