Dual Authentication using a Password Card

Abstract

A method and apparatus for providing and processing two-factor authentication using a Password Card. There is a need to increase security during the authentication process. There are many existing two-factor authentication that exist providing improvement in security during the authentication process. Most of those existing solutions required to use a mobile phone, an external web site or external electronic devices such as card ids. The need to reduce the cost of using other devices and the effectiveness to be able to create and/or renew such systems are the main reason for this invention. This invention outlines the use of a simple password card that the user can download or print at any time using the internet.

The invention claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for providing an apparatus to authenticate into a system securely with a two-factor authentication using a Password Card, the method comprising:
   1 . 1 . A computer processing system providing validation and generation     1 . 2 . A user that desires and use two-factor authentication where a user can be a person or a separated system.     1 . 3 . A password card comprising of a visual grid comprising;
   1 . 3 . 1 . plurality of columns and rows and where each cell of that grid contains one character or a plurality of characters     
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the password card generated by the system is defined by a plurality of possible characters defined by the user. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the password card size is defined by the user which is composed of a plurality of columns x and a plurality of rows y. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the password card can be downloaded and/or printed. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the system generates an inquiry composed of a plurality of coordinates representing locations of randomly selected characters on the password card. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the user is presented by the inquiry generated by the system in order to provide to the system the corresponding characters located on the password card. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the system validates the answer of the inquiry by the user to complete the two-factor authentication successfully or unsuccessfully. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the user can modify the password card size and the possible characters to be used in the generation of the password card.