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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Philippe Kaplan, Le Rouret, FR;
Georges-Henri Moll, Villeneuve-Loubet, FR;
Xavier Arnaud Bernard Nodet, Antibes, FR;
Olivier Oudot, Vallauris, FR;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/36 (2013.01); G06F 21/46 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/36 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/46 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of performing user authentication including the steps of receiving a password comprising a sequence of characters, accessing one or more alternative keyboard layout definitions, generating one or more additional passwords from applying the alternative keyboard layout definitions to the sequence of characters, and using the received password and the additional passwords in the user authentication process.