Patent Application

App. No. 14/755,707

Abstract

Claims (42)

1 . A system comprising a server arranged to authorize access of a user device to a server device;

the server comprising, at least one processor operatively connected to a non-transitory memory, said memory having loaded thereon instructions executable by said at least one processor to:

determine that a user device is attempting to access the server;

provide to said user device, data including human verification test for collecting human verification data from the user device; wherein the data further includes instruction to a user to activate the human verification test on the user device, and wherein following activation, the human verification test is responsive for receiving user input for a predefined time period;

verify whether or not an input, including human verification data, received from the user device has been provided by a human based on whether or not at least the human verification data has been provided to the user device within the predefined time period; and

based at least partly on the verification, determine whether to authorize access of the user device to a service provider.

2 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the human verification data includes a voice input recorded during a time equal or shorter to the time period.

3 . The system according to claim 2 , wherein said voice input includes voice response of a user to at least one word displayed on a display device of the user device.

4 . The system according to claim 3 , wherein the voice input includes a representation of said recorded voice response, said server is arranged to determine whether said representation of said recorded voice response matches a pre-registered recorded voice responsive, and authorize access of the user device to the service provider if it does.

5 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the server is arranged to:

transmit a keypad image to said user device for display on a touch screen input device of said user device;

receive from said user device verification data comprising touch screen coordinates for each passcode segment entered; and

authorize access of the user device to the service provider if said received touch screen coordinates are consonant with a pre-registered passcode.

6 . The system according to claim 5 , wherein said keypad image is a special purpose keyboard configured to be responsive to the passcode.

7 . The system according to claim 1 , further comprising said user device, said user device comprising a user device processor and an associated user device non-transitory memory, said user device non-transitory memory having instructions loaded thereon which when executed by said user device processor cause said device to send to said server the human verification data.

8 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the instructions are executable by said at least one processor to:

provide to said user device a list of at least one selectable service provider and at least one selectable registered user device other than said user device;

receive a selection made at said user device of a service provider, from among said at least one selectable service provider, to which access is desired, and of a user device, from among said at least one selectable registered user device, by which access to said selected service provider is desired; and

based on the verification, determine whether to send authentication message to the selected service provider to authorize access of the user device to the selected service provider.

9 . A method of authorizing access of user device to a server device, comprising:

at the server device using at least one processor for:

determining that a user device is attempting to access the server;

providing to said user device, data including human verification test for collecting human verification data from the user device; wherein the data further includes instruction to a user to activate the human verification test on the user device, and wherein following activation, the human verification test is responsive for receiving user input for a predefined time period;

verifying whether or not an input, including human verification data, received from the user device has been provided by a human based on whether or not at least the human verification data has been provided to the user device within the predefined time period; and

based at least partly on the verification, determining whether to authorize access of the user device to a service provider.

10 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the human verification data includes a voice input recorded during a time equal or shorter to the time period.

11 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein said voice input includes voice response of a user to at least one word displayed on a display device of the user device.

12 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the voice input includes a representation of said recorded voice response, the method further comprising:

determining whether said representation of said recorded voice response matches a pre-registered recorded voice responsive, and authorize access of the user device to the service provider if it does.

13 . The method according to claim 9 , further comprising:

transmitting a keypad image to said user device for display on a touch screen input device of said user device;

receiving from said user device verification data comprising touch screen coordinates for each passcode segment entered; and

authorizing access of the user device to the service provider if said received touch screen coordinates are consonant with a pre-registered passcode.

14 . The method according to claim 9 , further comprising:

providing to said user device a list of at least one selectable service provider and at least one selectable registered user device other than said user device;

receiving a selection made at said user device of a service provider, from among said at least one selectable service provider, to which access is desired, and of a user device, from among said at least one selectable registered user device, by which access to said selected service provider is desired; and

based on the verification, determining whether to send authentication message to the selected service provider to authorize access of the user device to the selected service provider.

15 . A user device comprising at least one processor operatively connected to a non-transitory memory, said non-transitory memory having instructions loaded thereon which when executed by said at least one processor cause said user device to:

receive from a server data related to a human verification test for collecting human verification data from the user device; wherein the data includes instruction to a user to activate displaying of the human verification test on the user device;

responsive to activation by a user, display the human verification test for a predefined time period;

transmit the human verification data to the server for enabling the server to:

verify whether or not an input, including human verification data, received from the user device has been provided by a human based on whether or not at least the human verification data has been provided to the user device within the predefined time period; and based on the verification, determine whether to authorize access of the user device to a service provider.

Assignments (10)