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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
May. 28, 2008
Frederic Bauchot, Saint-Jeannet, FR;
Flemming Boegelund, Frederikssund, DK;
Steven Earl Hicks, Coppell, TX (US);
Gerard Marmigere, Drap, FR;
Frederic Bauchot, Saint-Jeannet, FR;
Flemming Boegelund, Frederikssund, DK;
Steven Earl Hicks, Coppell, TX (US);
Gerard Marmigere, Drap, FR;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and associated method for authenticating an end user. The method comprises generating a first mask in response to an authentication request from an end user, the first mask comprising a set of root nodes, a set of server nodes, and a set of client nodes each being unique to the end user. Next, determining the authenticity of the end user based on comparing data received from the end user with nodes contained in the first mask. The data comprising a set of nodes selected by the end user and the end user having selected the data in response to the first mask.