Patent ID: 8695071
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for authenticating the identity of a requester of access to a secured resource, said method for authenticating comprising the steps of: receiving from a service client a request for access to a secured resource, said request for access having been submitted to said service client by a requester purporting to be an authorized user of said secured resource; generating a challenge message with a computer server, said challenge message having a challenge string being a random string having a plurality of symbols, wherein at least one of the symbols of said challenge string is a specially designated symbol; communicating said challenge message through a discrete channel to said authorized user that said requester purports to be, said discrete channel being a communications channel not readily identifiable by information submitted by an end user; receiving from said service client a response message corresponding to said challenge message, said response message comprising a response string; evaluating said response message to authenticate the identity of said requester as the authorized user; and wherein said challenge message further comprises a copy of an image file, and further comprising the step of sending a service client image data including a publicly accessible file location for a copy of said image file.