Patent ID: 7461399

Claim:
A method of controlling access to resources on a smart card, said method comprising: providing a list of n questions for presentation to the user, where n is an integer; receiving from the user answers to questions among the list of n questions; determining how many of the received answers are correct; and if a sufficient number of the n questions was answered correctly, granting access to the resources on the smart card; wherein said sufficient number is equal to m, where m is an integer that is not greater than n; further comprising: causing the user to be prompted to enter a password as a condition for granting access to said resources on the smart card; and receiving input from the user in response being prompted to enter the password, wherein providing the list of n questions is in response to receiving input from the user; wherein the received input is an entered password, said method further comprising determining that the entered password is incorrect, and wherein providing for presentation to the user the list of n questions is in response to determining that the entered password is incorrect.