Patent ID: 8347367
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a computer device that accepts information which has been entered as entered access information; said computer device comparing said entered information which has been entered with stored information to determine if said entered information matches exactly with the stored information, said computer device operating if said entered information matches exactly with the stored information to accept said entered information, said computer device operating if said entered information does not match exactly with the stored information to first compare a first part of the entered information with at least one section of the stored information and to second compare a second part of the entered information, representing a separate part of the information than said first part, with at least one other section of the stored information different than the at least one section, and to determine at least one distance between the parts of the entered information and the sections of the stored information, and based on said at least one distance being determined by said first compare and said second compare carried out by said computer device, to accept the entered information when the entered information does not match exactly with the stored information, based on the distance being less than a specified amount, said computer device providing access to at least one computer function responsive to accepting the entered information.