Patent ID: 8849200

Claim:
A method performed by an electronic resource to control pairing to a pairing entity for communications there between, the method comprising the steps of: generating a motion challenge that identifies a physical motion that is to be followed by the pairing entity to obtain pairing to the electronic resource, wherein the step of generating the motion challenge further comprises displaying, on a display device of the electronic resource, a motion pattern that is to be tracked through corresponding motion by the pairing entity; comparing a motion response by the pairing entity to the motion challenge, wherein the step of comparing the motion response by the pairing entity to the motion challenge further comprises receiving motion information that indicates movement along at least two dimensional space by the pairing entity, and comparing the motion information to the motion pattern to generate at least one matching value that indicates a level of similarity, further wherein the step of receiving motion information further comprises tracking motion of a user's touch input on a touch-sensitive display and/or tracking motion by a user of a mouse device; and the step of comparing the motion information to the motion pattern comprises comparing the tracked motion to the motion pattern to generate the at least one matching value; and controlling pairing between the pairing entity and the electronic resource in response to the comparison, wherein the step of controlling pairing further comprises allowing pairing to proceed between the pairing entity and the electronic resource in response to the at least one matching value satisfying a first threshold value that indicates that a sufficient level of matching has occurred and in response to the at least one matching value satisfying a second threshold value that indicates that a sufficient level of miss-matching has occurred so that a human generated motion response has occurred instead of an automated motion response by an electronic device.