Patent ID: 8763026
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: G07F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of authenticating a personal identification number (PIN) code of a user to access an application, the method comprising: presenting, by the application via a display device to a user, a PIN code entry field; issuing, by the application to a security manager, an authentication request; capturing, by the security manager in response to the authentication request, characters of a PIN code entered by the user; issuing, by the security manager to the application, for each of the characters entered by the user, an indication that the character was entered; presenting, by the application via the display device to the user, a preset character in the PIN code entry field for each of the characters entered by the user; comparing, by the security manager, the PIN code entered by the user to a preregistered PIN code of the user; indicating, by the security manager, success in authenticating the user in response to the PIN code entered by the user matching the preregistered PIN code of the user; and indicating, by the security manager, failure in authenticating the user in response to the PIN code entered by the user not matching the preregistered PIN code of the user.