Patent ID: 8650405
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of authenticating a user, comprising: providing user-specific authentication information to a client machine by a server that stores a counterpart copy of the user-specific authentication information, the client machine having a file system having multiple folders, the act of providing user-specific authentication information including directing a browser of the client machine to store different elements of user-specific authentication information in different folders of the file system; receiving an authentication request from the client machine, the authentication request including (i) a user identifier identifying the user from among multiple users and (ii) a set of elements of the user-specific authentication information from at least two folders of the file system; directing a personal identification number (PIN) to be computed based on the set of elements of the user-specific authentication information; and performing an authentication operation based on the received user identifier and the PIN.