Patent ID: 9613201
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method of providing access control on a mobile device, the method comprising: displaying an image on a touch screen of the mobile device; while the image is displayed on the touch screen, receiving user input from a user, the user input including user gestures applied to the touch screen over the displayed image; and performing an access control operation which provides an access control result based on the user input, the access control result (i) providing access to a set of protected resources when the user input matches expected input and (ii) denying access to the set of protected resources when the user input does not match the expected input; wherein performing the access control operation includes: wherein receiving the user input from the user while the image is displayed over the touch screen includes: wherein at least one user gesture traces along at least a portion of a particular gridline of the set of gridlines to copy that portion of the particular gridline; and wherein performing the access control operation which provides the access control result further includes: