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Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 25, 2013
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Gilad Barkai, Haifa, IL;

Haggai Roitman, Yoknea'mElit, IL;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/31 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2103 (2013.01);
Abstract

Machines, systems and methods for providing an authentication challenge are provided. The method comprises analyzing data stored in a computing system equipped with a graphical user interface (GUI), wherein the data stored is related to identity and relationships among items that have a profile; and based on the analysis, issuing a challenge to authenticate access to one or more content or services available by way of the computing system, in response to a user interaction with the computing system, wherein the response to the challenge is known to a user who has personal knowledge of the identity and relationships among the items with a profile, and wherein the user successfully authenticates against the challenge by interacting with visual presentations of the items by placing the items in an order that indicates a correct relationship between at least two or more of the items.


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