Patent ID: 8838987

Claim:
A system comprising: a memory storing user account authentication information, wherein the authentication information comprises a first non-numeric digit and a second non-numeric digit; and one or more hardware processors coupled to the memory and configured for: presenting a user with a first set of non-numeric options comprising word descriptors representing a plurality of categories for a first non-numeric digit; receiving a user-selected first non-numeric digit comprising one of the word descriptors representing one of the plurality of categories; presenting the user with a second set of non-numeric options comprising word descriptors representing a plurality of sub-categories within the one of the plurality of categories for a second non-numeric digit, wherein content of the second set of non-numeric options for the second non-numeric digit is dependent on content of the user-selected first non-numeric digit and is different than the content of the first set of non-numeric options; receiving a user-selected second non-numeric digit comprising one of the word descriptors representing one of the plurality of sub-categories; receiving a user-selected third non-numeric digit, wherein content of the third non-numeric digit is dependent on the content of the second non-numeric digit; and determining whether the received user-selected non-numeric digits match a stored non-numeric authentication for the user.