Patent ID: 9112847
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for authenticating the identity of a requester seeking access by a service client to a secured resource, said method comprising the steps of: receiving with at least one computer a request for access to a secured resource from a requester purporting to be an authorized user of said secured resource; generating a challenge string with said at least one computer, said challenge string being at least a partially random string having a plurality of symbols, wherein at least one of the symbols of the challenge string is a specially-designated symbol indicating the absence from said random string of a single randomly-selected symbol; communicating said challenge string to said authorized user; receiving a response string corresponding to said challenge string; evaluating said response string to authenticate the identity of said requester; wherein said at least one computer comprises at least one processor coupled to at least one processor-readable medium, said at least one processor-readable medium containing a request handler component and an authenticator component.