Patent Document ID: 9547763
Application ID: 14674347

Base Claim:
1. A method performed by a computing device of providing access to a protected resource, the method comprising: receiving, by the computing device, an authentication request from a user seeking access to the protected resource; in response to receiving the authentication request, generating a set of one or more face images, each face image of the set of face images having a facial expression score for a particular emotion associated with that face image, the facial expression scores being specific to the user; displaying each face image of the set of face images to the user together with a request for the user to score that face image for the particular emotion associated with that face image; in response to displaying each face image, receiving a user score for that face image; comparing the received user score for each face image of the set of face images to the respective facial expression score for the particular emotion associated with that face image, yielding a set of comparison results; and selectively providing access to the protected resource in response to each of the comparison results being affirmative.

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Claim 6:
6. The method of claim 1 wherein: the method further comprises, in response to receiving the authentication request: performing, by the computing device, a password-based login procedure; upon successfully performing the password-based login procedure, sending, by the computing device, information associated with the password-based login procedure to a risk analysis engine; and in response, receiving, by the computing device from the risk analysis engine, a risk score associated with the password-based login procedure; and generating the set of one or more face images is performed by the computing device in response to receiving the risk score from the risk analysis engine, the risk score being above a threshold value.