Patent ID: 8955061
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus for executing authentication processing, compromising: a first memory; a second memory; at least one processor, said at least one processor being configured to function as a determination unit, a specification unit, and an authentication unit; and a display, wherein said first memory is configured to store, in association with each other, an image, region information indicating a region including in the image, and word information indicating an object linked with the region; the determination unit is configured to determine an image to be used for the authentication processing among the images stored in said first memory; the display is configured to display the image determined by the determination unit; the specification unit is configured to specify, in a case where a user designates a position within the image displayed by the display, word information associated with region information of a region including the position; the authentication unit is configured to execute authentication processing using the word information specified by the specification unit, and said second memory is configured to store, in association with each other, a user and a word list including at least one piece of word information, and wherein if the authentication processing for the user is executed, the determination unit determines at least one image associated with at least one piece of word information included in the word list associated with the user, said display displays the at least one image, the specification unit specifies at least one piece of word information based on a position designated by the user within the at least one image displayed by said display, and if the at least one piece of word information specified by the specification unit matches the at least one piece of word information included in the word list, the authentication unit determines that the authentication has succeeded.