Patent ID: 9602495
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method of assessing an entity at a first user terminal connected to a data network, the data network including one or more user records collectively forming a “user account” in a database in a data store accessible by a control system and wherein said user account includes a set of identifying characteristics relating to a registered user, said control system including a gesture recognition system, said control system operable to perform the method of assessing an entity, including: a) receiving an access request from the entity; b) invoking or facilitating transmission of a time-delimited sequence of unpredictable prompts to said entity for prompting a performance of visible prompted actions, wherein said prompts describe or portray the visible prompted actions to be performed; c) invoking storage or transmission of at least one video recording of said prompted action performance from said entity to said gesture recognition system; d) performing an automated assessment of said video recording and generating an assessment signal indicative of said assessment, wherein said automated assessment includes: