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Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014

Filed:

Oct. 19, 2012
Applicant:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey Jay Johnson, Bellevue, WA (US);

Steve Seixeiro, Snohomish, WA (US);

Zachary Pace, Seattle, WA (US);

Giles van der Bogert, Renton, WA (US);

Sean Gilmour, Issaquah, WA (US);

Levi Siebens, Bothell, WA (US);

Kenneth Tubbs, Issaquah, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 21/36 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/36 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2013.01); H04L 9/3226 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a picture signature password system may use a picture signature password to determine access to a computing device or service. A display screenmay display a personalized digital image. A user input devicemay receive a user drawing set executed by a user over the personalized digital image. A processormay authenticate access to the user session if the user drawing set matches a library drawing set associated with the user.


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