Patent ID: 8850603

Claim:
A method for entering a passcode within a mobile device, comprising: receiving an indication of a user attempt to access the mobile device; generating responsive to the indication a passcode entry display including a plurality of touch points, each touch point remaining in a fixed position with respect to all of the other touch points during entry of the passcode, each of the plurality of touch points having at least two visual identifiers, at least one of the visual identifiers selectable as part of the passcode; displaying the passcode entry display on an interface of the mobile device; receiving the passcode based on user selection of a predetermined sequence of at least one of the visual identifiers associated with the plurality of touch points; and wherein an arrangement of the at least two visual identifiers associated with the plurality of touch points of each passcode entry display differs from an arrangement of the at least two visual identifiers in a previous and a subsequent passcode entry display.