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Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:

Mobilesphere Holdings Ii Llc, Kirkland, WA (US);

Inventor:

Robert G. Mechaley, Jr., Kirkland, WA (US);

Assignee:

Mobilesphere Holdings II LLC, Kirkland, WA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/36 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/36 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); G06F 2221/032 (2013.01);
Abstract

Computers can be authenticated using a shared secret. During an authentication process, a server transmits an image to a client. A mobile device captures and analyzes the image. If the image contains the shared secret known only to the authentic server and the authentic mobile communication device, the mobile device can authenticate the server. The secret in the image can be readily analyzed. A single image may contain multiple shared secrets. Once the server has been authenticated, the user must modify the image in accordance with a shared modification secret to thereby authentic the user. The modified image is transmitted back to the authenticated server. If the image was properly modified, the user is authenticated.


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