Method and system for generating a touch CAPTCHA

1. A method comprising:

at a server, receiving user profile information and faculty information of a user;

receiving, from a client device, a request for accessing a resource on the server;

generating a query based on the user profile information and the faculty information of the user, wherein the faculty information comprises faculties of the user obtained from the user during a registration process and the query is displayed on a touch sensitive display area of the client device, the query requiring a touch sensitive response on the touch sensitive display area of the client device;

receiving the touch sensitive response generated by the client device; and

authenticating the user if the touch sensitive response generated by the user matches a predefined response for the query stored on the server.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising issuing a new query if the touch sensitive response generated by the user does not match the predefined response.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the query instructs the user to draw at least one of objects, letters, and special characters on the touch sensitive display area.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the query instructs the user to trace at least one object on the touch sensitive display area.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the query instructs the user to color at least one object using a set of predefined colors displayed on the touch sensitive display area.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the query instructs the user to indicate a particular part of a geographical map displayed on the touch sensitive display area.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the query instructs the user to touch an object displayed on the touch sensitive display area of the client device.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the query is contextually associated with an application currently executing on the client device.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the query is presented visually to the user.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the query is presented in the form of audio playback to the user.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating a new query when the touch sensitive response generated by the user does not match the predefined response for the query.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of denying access to the resource on the server when, for a predefined number of attempts, the touch sensitive response generated by the user does not match the predefined response for the query.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of providing access to the resource on the server when the touch sensitive response generated by the user matches the predefined response for the query.

14. A system comprising:

a client device comprising a touch sensitive display area, the touch sensitive display area configured to:

display a query in response to receiving a request for accessing a resource on a server; and

receive a touch sensitive response from a user; and

a server, comprising:

a storage module for storing user profile information;

a query generation module for generating the query based on the user profile information and the faculty information of the user, wherein the faculty information comprises faculties of the user obtained from the user during a registration process; and

an authentication module for comparing the touch sensitive response from the user with a predefined response for the query stored on the server.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the query generation module issues a new query if the touch sensitive response from the user does not match the predefined response for the query.

16. The system of claim 14 , wherein the query generation module generates a query that instructs the user to input at least one of objects, letters, and special characters on the touch sensitive display area.

17. The system of claim 14 , wherein the query generation module generates a query that instructs the user to trace at least one object on the touch sensitive display area.

18. The system of claim 14 , wherein the query instructs the user to indicate a particular part of a geographical map displayed on the touch sensitive display area.

19. The system of claim 14 , wherein the query is contextually associated with the application currently executing on the client device.

20. The system of claim 14 , wherein the authentication module denies access to the resource on the server when the touch sensitive response generated by the user does not match the predefined response for the query.

21. The system of claim 14 , wherein the authentication module provides access to the resource on the server when the touch sensitive response generated by the user matches the predefined response for the query.

22. A computer program product for use with a computer, the computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code storing a set of instructions configured for:

receiving user profile information and faculty information of a user;

receiving, from a client device, a request for accessing a resource on the server;

generating a query based on the user profile information and the faculty information of the user, wherein the faculty information comprises faculties of the user obtained from the user during a registration process and the query is displayed on a touch sensitive display area of the client device, the query requiring a touch sensitive response on the touch sensitive display area of the client device;

receiving the response generated by the client device; and

authenticating the user if the touch sensitive response generated by the user matches a predefined response for the query stored on the server.

23. The computer program product of claim 22 , wherein the query generation module generates a query that instructs the user to input at least one of objects, letters, and special characters on the touch sensitive display area.