Patent ID: 7376899

Claim:
A method comprising: dividing an image archive of an electronic system into subgroups, wherein the image archive comprises images, saving partial images describing a certain subarea of an identifier image in each subgroup, wherein the identifier image is selected from the images in the image archive and shown on a display of a terminal device connected to the system, selecting randomly partial images from the subgroups, where selecting randomly is performed by the electronic system, and combining the selected partial images into one whole identifier image; repeating the dividing, saving, selecting, and combining to form any additional whole identifier images, the one whole identifier image and the any additional whole identifier images each forming a graphical password for a user of the terminal device; and sending the whole identifier images from the electronic system to the terminal device, wherein the partial images comprise an image that represents at least one subarea of at least one of the human face and the human body.