Patent ID: 9075981
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: presenting, by a processor as a challenge to a user who is to be verified, a sample of portraits from a plurality of portraits associated with the user and a limited plurality of random portraits that are not associated with the user, wherein the challenge for the user is to select, from among the sample of portraits, those portraits which are of persons known to the user to be verified, the sample of portraits not comprising a portrait of the user; verifying, by the processor, that the plurality of portraits each comprise a face; receiving, by the processor as a response to the challenge, the user's selection of portraits as a verification attempt; responsive to the user's selection of portraits matching the sample portraits, confirming, by the processor, the user; and providing, by the processor, access to the user to an account, where data in the account is available to the user for duration of a session.