Patent ID: 9111073
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of establishing a user identity, said method comprising: displaying a two dimensional grid having individual elements on a display at a first computing device; generating, by a computer user, a two-dimensional pattern in said grid of said display of said first computing device by inserting symbols by said user into said grid, wherein said inserted symbols form a password; generating one or more other symbols at said first computing device within said grid, wherein said other symbols do not include said password; receiving, on said first computing device, a user identifier from said computer user; transmitting said user identifier and said grid with said user inserted symbols and said other symbols from said first computing device to a second computing device without transmitting said pattern, said inserted symbols or said other symbols outside of said grid; after said transmitting operation, determining a set of coordinates that define said pattern at said second computing device; and storing said set of coordinates, said user identifier and said password in association with one another in persistent storage of said second computing device.