Patent ID: 8214886

Claim:
A method comprising: allowing, by a computer-based system for configuring a method of authentication, a change from at least one of a first authentication method or a second authentication method to a third authentication method from a plurality of methods of authentication, without accessing a first restricted service or a second restricted service, respectively, wherein the first method of authentication is associated with the first restricted service, and wherein the second method of authentication is associated with the second restricted service; receiving, by the computer-based system, a request for access to at least one of the first restricted service or the second restricted service; causing, by the computer-based system, a user interface to display input fields corresponding to the first method of authentication in response to the request being associated with the first restricted service; causing, by the computer-based system, the user interface to display input fields corresponding to the second method of authentication in response to the request being associated with the second restricted service; and granting, by the computer-based system, access to at least one of the first restricted service in response to receiving predetermined input associated with the first method of authentication or the second restricted service in response to receiving predetermined input associated with the second method of authentication.