Patent ID: 9712521
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: obtaining login information from a user device for accessing a private account associated with a transaction, the private account associated with a predetermined pattern obtained from a predetermined trace applied to original symbols of an original matrix; determining that the login information does not match private account authentication information of the private account; in response to the determining that the login information does not match the private account authentication information, generating a user matrix with a plurality of dynamic symbols for an alternate authentication of the private account; generating a system password from the dynamic symbols by applying the predetermined pattern on the user matrix; presenting the user matrix with the plurality of dynamic symbols electronically on the user device; receiving a user password obtained by applying a user-provided trace pattern on at least two of the dynamic symbols of the user matrix; determining whether the system password matches the user password; and in response to a determination that the system password matches the user password, confirming the alternate authentication of the private account to allow processing of the transaction.