Patent ID: 7653818

Claim:
A method for user authentication, the method involving the use of a database storing a selected access code and the same or another database storing a selected certain pace, rhythm, or tempo, wherein said selected certain pace, rhythm, or tempo is associated with said selected access code, said method comprising: providing a user with at least one the following to assist the user with entering the access code: a visual timing aid, an auditory timing aid, and a tactile timing aid; receiving an access code from the user and determining a pace, rhythm, or tempo at which the access code was entered by the user; determining that the entered access code matches a stored access code character sequence and that the certain pace, rhythm, or tempo at which the access code was entered matches a stored certain pace, rhythm, or tempo for the stored access code; and granting access based, at least in part, on the determination that (i) the entered access code matches the stored access code character sequence, and (ii) the certain pace, rhythm, or tempo of the access code as entered by the user matches the stored certain pace, rhythm, or tempo for the stored access code.