Patent ID: 8166526

Claim:
A method of a wireless communication device for accessing secure resources, the method comprising: identifying a partitioned password associated with the wireless communication device; assigning a first password identifier to a first password part and a first non-password identifier to a first non-password part different from the first password part, the first password identifier having a non-sequential association with the first non-password identifier; providing the first password identifier, the first password part, the first non-password identifier, and the first non-password part at a user interface of the wireless communication device; detecting a first user input at the user interface; assigning a second password identifier to a second password part and a second non-password identifier to a second non-password part different from the second password part, the second password identifier having a non-sequential association with the second non-password identifier; providing the second password identifier, the second password part, the second non-password identifier, and the second non-password part at a user interface of the wireless communication device; detecting a second user input at the user interface; and granting access to a secure resource in response to determining that the user inputs match the provided first and second password identifiers at the user interface, wherein assigning said first and second password identifiers to said first and second password parts and said first and second non-password identifiers to said first and second non-password parts comprises: assigning a numerical value or an alphabetical value to one of said first and second password and said first and second non-password identifiers; and assigning a non-numerical value or a non-alphabetical value to the other of said first and second password and said first and second non-password identifiers.