Patent ID: 9118673
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A member authentication method, comprising: receiving, at a security server from a client server, a member authentication request associated with a member attempting to access confidential information from the client server via a first member device associated with the member; determining at the security server a secure key associated with the member, wherein the secure key comprises an ordered sequence of symbols; determining a one-time plurality of symbol sets associated with the secure key, wherein the ordered sequence of symbols is included within the plurality of symbol sets; transmitting data associated with the secure key from the security server to an authentication device associated with the member, wherein the data associated with the secure key comprises a matrix having columns and rows, each column in the matrix representing one of the symbol sets, and further wherein said authentication device includes a display, said secure key information entered using a touch screen keypad on said display, wherein a matrix size of said matrix is selected by the security server based at least in part on a size of said display; entering, by the member, secure key information into the authentication device, wherein said entered secure key information comprises one of: (i) a sequence of matrix row selections entered by the member without including matrix column selections, or (ii) a sequence of matrix column selections entered by the member without including matrix row selections; receiving, at the security server from the authentication device, the entered secure key information; validating the entered secure key information at the security server; based on the validated entered secure key information, authenticating the member; and responsive to said authentication, transmitting, by the client server, the confidential information from the client server to the first member device.