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Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 07, 2014
Applicant:

Softlayer Technologies, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);

Inventor:

Chong Lee, Allen, TX (US);

Assignee:

Softlayer Technologies, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 21/36 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/602 (2013.01); H04L 9/3271 (2013.01); G06F 21/36 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system for performing a security authentication. A name of a user, N sequences of digits, and encrypted values respectively corresponding to the digits in the N sequences are transmitted to a destination device. Each sequence includes a same M unique digits and begins with a different digit, wherein N≧2 and M≧3. N encrypted values of the transmitted encrypted values are received, wherein an Ireceived encrypted value of the N received encrypted values corresponds to one of the digits selected by the user, at an electronic device, from a respective Isequence of the N sequences (I=1, 2, . . . , N). N digits respectively corresponding to the received N encrypted values are determined. The determined N digits form a number matching a PIN associated with the name of the user, which authenticates the user to access a resource.


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