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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2008
Henry Shyue-yeong Wang, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ananth Uggirala, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michele Lynn Sarko, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Chris Quinn, Del Mar, CA (US);
Anthony Creed, San Diego, CA (US);
Kenichi Mori, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Bennett R. Blank, San Diego, CA (US);
Henry Shyue-yeong Wang, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ananth Uggirala, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michele Lynn Sarko, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Chris Quinn, Del Mar, CA (US);
Anthony Creed, San Diego, CA (US);
Kenichi Mori, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Bennett R. Blank, San Diego, CA (US);
Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for authenticating a user, that includes receiving an account identifier from the user, obtaining a media prompt from an account based on the account identifier, presenting the user with the media prompt and a question prompt, wherein the question prompt references the media prompt, receiving input answering the question prompt, comparing the input with a valid response to determine whether the user is authentic, wherein the valid response requires personal knowledge of the media prompt and the question prompt, and authorizing the user to access a resource when the user is authentic.