System and method for independent user effort-based validation

1. A method of authenticating a user based on user effort, the method comprising:

receiving a registration from a user device with a token that includes user effort-based identity authorization data, and with a first user effort comprising gestures associated with user device touch screen user interaction;

submitting the first user effort and data from the token to the effort validation server;

receiving an effort analysis from the effort validation server;

issuing a credential to the user device based on the effort analysis the credential comprising user effort data encoded into a QR code;

receiving an access request from the user device, the access request including the credential and a second user effort;

providing the second user effort to the validation server;

receiving a validation response from the validation server, wherein the validation response includes a validation key that includes both rendered Boolean match conclusion and statistics about the calculations, as well as information about the challenge; and

granting access to the user device as a function of the validation response.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the first and second user efforts comprise user device keyboard user efforts.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the authentication server is a server running an application that the user device attempts to access.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the authentication server is a separate server from a server running an application that the user device attempts to access.

5. A system for performing a method of authenticating a user based on user efforts, the system comprising:

a processor;

a communication device coupled to the processor for communicating with other devices; and

a memory storing computer readable instructions coupled to the processor, the instructions for execution by the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving a registration from a user device with a token that includes user effort-based identity authorization data, and with a first user effort comprising gestures associated with user device touch screen user interaction;

submitting the first user effort and data from the token to the effort validation server;

receiving an effort analysis from the effort validation server;

issuing a credential to the user device based on the effort analysis the credential comprising user effort data encoded into a QR code;

receiving an access request from the user device, the access request including the credential and a second user effort;

providing the second user effort to the validation server;

receiving a validation response from the validation server, wherein the validation response includes a validation key that includes both rendered Boolean match conclusion and statistics about the calculations, as well as information about the challenge; and

granting access to the user device as a function of the validation response.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein the user efforts comprise user device keyboard user efforts.

7. A non-transitory machine-readable storage device having instructions for execution by a processor of a machine to cause the processor to perform operations to perform a method, the operations comprising:

receiving a registration from a user device with a token that includes user effort-based identity authorization data, and with a first user effort comprising gestures associated with user device touch screen user interaction;

submitting the first user effort and data from the token to the effort validation server;

receiving an effort analysis from the effort validation server;

issuing a credential to the user device based on the effort analysis the credential comprising user effort data encoded into a QR code;

receiving an access request from the user device, the access request including the credential and a second user effort;

providing the second user effort to the validation server;

receiving a validation response from the validation server, wherein the validation response includes a validation key that includes both rendered Boolean match conclusion and statistics about the calculations, as well as information about the challenge; and

granting access to the user device as a function of the validation response.

8. The device of claim 7 wherein the first and second user efforts comprise user device keyboard user efforts.

9. The device of claim 7 wherein the authentication server is a server running an application that the user device attempts to access.

10. The device of claim 7 wherein the authentication server is a separate server from a server running an application that the user device attempts to access.