Patent ID: 8653941
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A device comprising: a processor; a display screen coupled to the processor; and a computer readable medium coupled to the processor, the computer readable medium comprising code executable by the processor, for implementing a method comprising: displaying an authentication image on the display screen comprising a plurality of image elements comprising a set of image elements, wherein the plurality of image elements in the set of image elements are located at a set of fixed positions on the display screen; receiving a glyph comprising a single continuous stroke drawn by a user on the display screen without pausing that sequentially connects at least two of the plurality of image elements of the set of image elements of the authentication image, wherein the glyph comprises a configuration corresponding to the set of fixed positions displayed on the display screen, and wherein the plurality of image elements are separate from a keyboard of the device and are configured to change positions with each successive authentication image for each separate transaction; determining if the glyph is authentic; and initiating a payment transaction after receiving the glyph.