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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2012
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Idan Ben-Harrush, Givat Elah, IL;
Nili Guy, Kiriat Ata, IL;
Samuel Kallner, Tal Menashe, IL;
Ariel Landau, Nesher, IL;
Yoav Rubin, Haifa, IL;
Gal Shachor, Yokneam, IL;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
According to some embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a method for revealing at least a portion of a disguised password on a display device. The method comprises receiving a plurality of password characters typed by a user, presenting a plurality of replacement symbols in a password field displayed by a display device of a terminal having a touch surface, each the replacement symbol being indicative of the reception of another of the plurality of password characters, detecting a fingertip which slides contiguously against the touch surface, and temporarily replacing the presentation of at least some of the plurality of replacement symbols with of the presentation of at least some of the plurality of password characters in a sequential manner correspondingly with a movement of the fingertip.