Patent ID: 8347103

Claim:
A method for authenticating a user of a computer system operating an access device having a graphical display, a keyboard, and a motion sensor, the method comprising: presenting a plurality of graphical images on said display wherein each of said plurality of graphical images is associated with a data file comprising image data and at least one attribute unrelated to location of said graphical image on said display; accepting input from said user sequentially selecting at least two of said graphical images; accepting motion data corresponding to a movement and a rate of the movement of the access device from the motion sensor; calculating, by a circuitry of the access device, a delay time between the selecting of at least two of said graphical images; generating a password comprising attributes associated with each of said selected graphical images, the motion data corresponding the movement of the access device, and the calculated delay time between selecting of at least two of said graphical images; comparing said generated password to a stored password associated with said user; and granting said user access to said computer system if said generated password matches said stored password.