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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2008
Julian A. Cerruti, Buenos Aires, AR;
Stefan Nusser, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jerald Thomas Schoudt, Douglassville, PA (US);
Gustavo Stefani, Buenos Aires, AR;
Eric Wilcox, Los Altos, CA (US);
Julian A. Cerruti, Buenos Aires, AR;
Stefan Nusser, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jerald Thomas Schoudt, Douglassville, PA (US);
Gustavo Stefani, Buenos Aires, AR;
Eric Wilcox, Los Altos, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for protecting a password assigned to a user, the method comprising: providing a password entry screen having a virtual keyboard, the virtual keyboard including a plurality of character keys arranged in a non-QWERTY format; authenticating the user if a password submitted by the user accessing the password entry screen matches a user password retrieved from a password database; and denying access to the user if the submitted password does not match the retrieved user password. The system comprises a storage module and a computer program for performing the method.
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