Patent ID: 8306504

Claim:
Non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by a network component, perform a method of determining whether to provide a user access to a particular feature associated with a mobile device based on a graphic code inputted by the user, the method comprising: receiving a request indicating that the user is attempting to access a feature associated with the mobile device; at the network component, assigning a locator value to each of a plurality of icons, the locator value indicating a display location of the corresponding icon on a display of the mobile device; communicating the locator value for each of the plurality of icons to the mobile device thereby allowing for an ordered display of the plurality of icons on the display; receiving user input of an ordered selection of one or more of the plurality of icons; and determining whether the ordered selection of the one or more of the plurality of icons matches a predetermined ordered selection of the plurality of icons, wherein, (1) if the ordered selection matches the predetermined ordered selection, communicating that the user is allowed to access the feature associated with the mobile device, and (2) if the ordered selection does not match the predetermined ordered selection, communicating that the user is not allowed to access the feature associated with the mobile device.