Patent ID: 9390244
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for authenticating a user to gain access or entry to a secure system, the method comprising: (a) establishing a time component associated with a user's execution of a secure system act, the time component established independent of any time components associated with prior secure system acts by the user and the time component revealed to or known by the user prior to ending the secure system act; (b) beginning a secure system act by the user; (c) beginning counting of time intervals concurrent with execution of step (b); (d) ending the secure system act by the user; (e) capturing a final time interval count concurrent with execution of step (d); (f) determining whether the secure system act matches a correct secure system act; (g) determining whether the time component comprising the final time interval count matches a correct final time interval count; (h) granting the user access or entry to the secure system responsive to affirmative results of steps (f) and (g); and wherein a step (f) and a step (g) comprise transmitting a key to a validation unit and validating the user as a valid user, wherein the key comprises the secure system act and the final time interval count.