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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2007
Applicants:
Volker Roth, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thea Turner, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Volker Roth, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thea Turner, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for enticing users to behave securely in a computing environment. For security related input, such as selection of password, a progress indicator is provided to the user. The progress indicator correlates to the level of security obtained by the user's entry, rather than to the completion of the task. The indicator follows a non-linear function that crosses zero security and maximum expected security for the task. The function starts at shallow slope, increases towards the middle, and then reverts to shallow slop towards the end of the task.