DIRECT ACCESS AUTHENTICATION USING GESTURES

1 . A computing device comprising:

a processing unit including one or more processors; and

a computer-readable memory comprising instructions that are executable by the processing unit to cause the computing device to:

in response to receiving a request to access an application, output a command to present a user interface via a display screen;

determine a specific application page among a plurality of application pages of the application to present based on a received gesture by accessing mappings between the plurality of application pages of the application and corresponding gestures;

output a command to present the specific application page via the display screen, wherein the specific application page is a first application page;

determine a second application page of the plurality of application pages, which is different from the first application page, to present based on a received subsequent gesture by accessing the mappings between the plurality of application pages of the application and the corresponding gestures, the second application page providing a second set of functional features of the application that is different than a first set of functional features of the first application page of the application; and

output a subsequent command to present the second application page via the display screen.

2 . The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the computer-readable memory further comprises instructions that are executable by the processing unit to cause the computing device to:

receive the request to access the application via the computing device, wherein the application includes the plurality of application pages;

receive information about the received gesture providable from a user; and

receive information about the received subsequent gesture providable by the user.

3 . The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the computer-readable memory is configured to store the mappings between the plurality of application pages of the application and the corresponding gestures.

4 . The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the display screen is displayable on a display device that comprises a touchscreen, or touchpad, input component configured to (i) receive the received gesture from a user by receiving a first swipe gesture and (ii) transmit the first swipe gesture to the computing device.

5 . The computing device of claim 1 wherein the computer-readable memory further comprises instructions that are executable by the processing unit to cause the computing device to:

authenticate the received gesture; and

transmit to a mobile computing device, in response to authenticating the received gesture, a confirmation that a user has been successfully authenticated.

6 . The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the computer-readable memory further comprises instructions executable by the processing unit to cause the computing device to:

receive at least one of: a password verification, a challenge question verification, or a biometric authentication; and

identify the specific application page as corresponding to the received gesture via a mapping.

7 . The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the application is a web-based application, wherein the web-based application is configured to be accessed by a mobile computing device through web-based resources, and wherein the computing device is a computer server configured to control access attempts to a set of network resources or services.

8 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that are executable by a processor for performing operations, the operations comprising:

in response to receiving a request to access an application, outputting a command to present a user interface via a display screen;

determining a specific application page among a plurality of application pages of the application to present based on a received gesture by accessing mappings between the plurality of application pages of the application and corresponding gestures;

outputting a command to present the specific application page via the display screen, wherein the specific application page is a first application page;

determining a second application page of the plurality of application pages, which is different from the first application page, to present based on a received subsequent gesture by accessing the mappings between the plurality of application pages of the application and the corresponding gestures, the second application page providing a second set of functional features of the application that is different than a first set of functional features of the first application page of the application; and

outputting a subsequent command to present the second application page via the display screen.

9 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving the request to access the application, wherein the application includes the plurality of application pages;

receiving information about the received gesture providable from a user; and

receiving information about the received subsequent gesture providable by the user.

10 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium is configured to store the mappings between the plurality of application pages of the application and the corresponding gestures.

11 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the display screen is displayable on a display device that comprises a touchscreen, or touchpad, input component configured to (i) receive the received gesture from a user by receiving a first swipe gesture and (ii) transmit the first swipe gesture.

12 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:

authenticating the received gesture; and

transmitting to a mobile computing device, in response to authenticating the received gesture, a confirmation that a user has been successfully authenticated.

13 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving at least one of: a password verification, a challenge question verification, or a biometric authentication; and

identifying the specific application page as corresponding to the received gesture via a mapping.

14 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the application is a web-based application, and wherein the web-based application is configured to be accessed by a mobile computing device through web-based resources.

15 . A method comprising:

in response to receiving a request to access an application, outputting a command to present a user interface via a display screen;

determining a specific application page among a plurality of application pages of the application to present based on a received gesture by accessing mappings between the plurality of application pages of the application and corresponding gestures;

outputting a command to present the specific application page via the display screen, wherein the specific application page is a first application page;

determining a second application page of the plurality of application pages, which is different from the first application page, to present based on a received subsequent gesture by accessing the mappings between the plurality of application pages of the application and the corresponding gestures, the second application page providing a second set of functional features of the application that is different than a first set of functional features of the first application page of the application; and

outputting a subsequent command to present the second application page via the display screen.

16 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

receiving the request to access the application via a computing device, wherein the application includes the plurality of application pages;

receiving information about the received gesture provided from a user; and

receiving information about the received subsequent gesture provided by the user.

17 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the display screen is displayed on a display device that comprises a touchscreen, or touchpad, input component configured to (i) receive the received gesture from a user by receiving a first swipe gesture and (ii) transmit the first swipe gesture to a computing device.

18 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

authenticating the received gesture; and

transmitting to a mobile computing device, in response to authenticating the received gesture, a confirmation that a user has been successfully authenticated.

19 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

receiving at least one of: a password verification, a challenge question verification, or a biometric authentication; and

identifying the specific application page as corresponding to the received gesture via a mapping.

20 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the application is a web-based application, and wherein the web-based application is accessed by a mobile computing device through web-based resources.