Patent Document ID: 9965612
Application ID: 15132513
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that enable a monitoring system to: pre-provision the monitoring system with a first reference visual authentication element and a second reference visual authentication element, the first reference visual authentication element comprises a visual feature and a text content element, wherein the first reference visual authentication element and the second reference visual authentication element are obtained from a user; storing the first reference visual authentication element; obtain, after the pre-provisioning and, from the user, an image of a first user-presented visual authentication element; generate a first validation result by validating the first user-presented visual authentication element against the first reference visual authentication element, wherein the first validation result is a matching score that quantifies the goodness of fit obtained from performing matching on the first user-presented visual authentication element with the first reference visual authentication element; and based on the first validation result: make a first determination that the first user-presented visual authentication element matches the first reference visual authentication element; and based on the first determination: disarm the monitoring system; obtain, after the pre-provisioning and, from the user, an image of a second user-presented visual authentication element; generate a second validation result by validating the second user-presented visual authentication element against the second reference visual authentication element; and based on the second validation result: make a second determination that the second user-presented visual authentication element matches the second reference visual authentication element; and based on the second determination: trigger a silent alarm.