TWI650677B - Method and computer program product of displaying a dynamic virtual keyboard - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for displaying a dynamic virtual keyboard and a computer program product thereof, applied to a device, the device comprising a processor, a memory and a screen, the method comprising: setting a first co-located key group, the first co-located position The key group includes "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8" and "9"; setting one of the virtual keyboards has a first keypad containing "1", Setting a second keypad of the virtual keyboard includes the “2”, “A”, “B” and “C”, and setting a third keypad of the virtual keyboard to include the “3”, “D”, “E” And "F", setting a fourth keypad of the virtual keyboard to include the "4", "G", "H" and "I", setting a fifth keypad of the virtual keyboard to include the "5", "J", "K" and "L", setting a sixth keypad of the virtual keyboard to include the "6", "M", "N" and "O", setting a seventh keypad of the virtual keyboard The "7", "P", "Q" and "R" are included, and the eighth key area of the virtual keyboard is set to include the "8", "S", "T" and "U", and the virtual keyboard is set. It a ninth keypad includes the "9", "V", "W" and "X", and the tenth keypad of the virtual keyboard is set to include "0", wherein the first keypad to the ninth key The fauna is arranged in the form of a 3 by 3 nine-square grid; wherein, the four key regions of the second to the ninth keypad are arranged in a four-square grid of two by two; a reference keypad is set, The reference keypad is selected from the second keypad to the ninth keypad; the processor randomly changes one of the reference keypads a key position; the key position of the first same position key group is synchronized according to the key position of the reference key zone; the virtual keyboard is displayed on the screen; a click coordinate is received and converted into a corresponding character; the character is received Displayed in a presentation frame and stored in the memory; reading a plurality of the characters sequentially stored in the memory to form a character string; and transmitting the character string to one of the application login inputs frame.

Description

Method for displaying dynamic virtual keyboard and computer program product thereof

The present invention relates to a technique for displaying a dynamic virtual keyboard on a screen, and more particularly to a method for displaying a dynamic virtual keyboard for inputting an account/password login data and a computer program product thereof.

Compared with the general e-commerce system (or e-commerce platform), online banking is the most demanding online trading system, because online banking only needs users to open a web page to enter an account/password. You can log in to make an EFT transaction, which is extremely risky. Since 2006 and 2010, South Korea and the mainland have required online banking to protect the security of users' passwords. Therefore, an anti-keyboard recording system must be installed on the client's computer. Taiwan is in the new network in 2013. The bank’s security control benchmark incorporates “security measures that financial institutions should be able to prevent passwords from being recorded”. It can be seen that the input security of the account/password is an important issue for the security. In this era of hackers and Trojans, the prevention of keyboard side recording, network side recording, Trojan horse programming and other technologies is a very important security link.

Therefore, many prior art techniques for preventing the virtual keyboard of the keyboard from being recorded have emerged. The prior art method is nothing more than randomly changing the position of the virtual button so that the malicious program cannot side-record the correct character. However, the prior art is free because the virtual keys are not in a certain order. Dispersing, causing the user to be unsuitable and having to spend time looking for a button is quite inconvenient to use, meaning that the prior art cannot meet the user's habitual operation. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the resources of the prior art hardware and software to work together to propose a dynamic virtual keyboard technology that conforms to the habitual operation of the user, so that the virtual keys are still set according to a certain order, and the virtual button can be randomly adjusted. Corresponding click area, so that the coordinates of the same point may represent different keys each time the virtual keyboard is executed, so that the malicious program can not reverse the correct characters even if the side clicks on the click coordinates, so as to make up for the lack of prior art. Where.

In view of the above, the present invention provides a method for displaying a dynamic virtual keyboard and a computer program product thereof. The virtual button is divided into a plurality of keypads according to the order of the telephone buttons, and the positions of the virtual buttons of each keypad are synchronously adjusted in a random manner. Each time the virtual keyboard is executed, the click area corresponding to the virtual button changes.

The present invention provides a method for displaying a dynamic virtual keyboard, which is applied to a device, the device comprising a processor, a memory and a screen, the method comprising: setting a first co-located key group, the first co-located key group Contains "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8" and "9"; setting one of the virtual keyboards, the first keypad contains "1", setting the The second keypad of one of the virtual keyboards includes the "2", "A", "B", and "C", and the third keypad of the virtual keyboard is set to include the "3", "D", "E" and "F", setting a fourth keypad of the virtual keyboard to include the "4", "G", "H" and "I", setting a fifth keypad of the virtual keyboard to include the "5", "J" ”, “K” and “L”, setting a sixth keypad of the virtual keyboard to include the “6”, “M”, “N” and “O”, and setting a seventh key area of the virtual keyboard to include the "7", "P", "Q" and "R", setting an eighth key area of the virtual keyboard to include the "8", "S", "T" and "U", setting one of the virtual keyboard ninth keypad The "9", "V", "W" and "X" are included, and the tenth keypad of the virtual keyboard is set to include "0", wherein the first keypad to the ninth keypad is 3 times The nine-grid form of 3 is arranged in sequence; wherein, the four key zones of the second keypad to the ninth keypad are arranged in a quadruple form of 2 by 2; a reference keypad is set, and the reference keypad is selected From the second keypad to the ninth keypad; the processor randomly changes a button position in the reference keypad; and synchronizing the button position of the first co-located key group according to the button position of the reference keypad; Displaying the virtual keyboard on the screen; receiving a click coordinate and converting to a corresponding character; displaying the character in a presentation frame and storing the same in the memory; reading a plurality of the sequentially stored in the memory Characters are grouped into a string of characters; and the string is transmitted to one of the application login fields.

Further, in some embodiments, the method includes: obtaining a resolution of the screen; and the processor adjusts a width of the virtual keyboard according to the resolution of the screen.

The present invention further includes, in some embodiments, the virtual keyboard includes a plurality of function keys; and the processor randomly aligns the positions of the function keys.

Further, in some embodiments, the method includes: generating a check code according to a check function according to a check function; and, when the character string is transmitted to the login input box of the application, the check The code is transferred to the application.

Further, in some embodiments, the first co-located key group comprises: the "0".

Further to the present invention, in some embodiments, the first co-located key group package Contains: "1".

Further, in some embodiments, the method includes: setting a second co-located key group, a third co-located key group, and a fourth co-located key group, the second co-located key group including the "A", The "D", the "G", the "J", the "M", the "P", the "S" and the "V", the third co-located key group includes the "B", the " E", the "H", the "K", the "N", the "Q", the "T" and the "W", the fourth co-located key group includes the "C", the "F" The "I", the "L", the "O", the "R", the "U" and the "X"; and synchronizing the second co-located key group according to the button position of the reference keypad The button position of the third same position key group and the fourth same position key group.

The present invention provides a computer program product installed in a device having a screen and a memory, the computer program product comprising: a first program instruction set, a second program instruction set, a third program instruction set, and a The fourth program instruction set and a fifth program instruction set are stored in the memory. The first program instruction set acquires one resolution of the screen and temporarily stores the memory; the second program instruction group sets a first co-located key group to include “2”, “3”, “4”, "5", "6", "7", "8" and "9", setting one of the virtual keyboards, the first keypad includes "1", and setting one of the virtual keyboards, the second keypad includes the "2" , "A", "B" and "C", set one of the virtual keyboards, the third keypad includes the "3", "D", "E" and "F", and set a fourth key of the virtual keyboard The area includes the "4", "G", "H" and "I", and the fifth keypad of the virtual keyboard is set to include the "5", "J", "K" and "L", and the virtual is set. The sixth keypad of one of the keyboards includes the "6", "M", "N" and "O", and the seventh key zone of the virtual keyboard is set to include the "7", "P", "Q" and "R", setting an eighth key area of the virtual keyboard to include the "8", "S", "T" and "U", setting one of the virtual keyboards, the ninth keypad includes the "9", "V" "," "W" and "X", and setting a tenth keypad of the virtual keyboard to include "0", wherein the first keypad to the ninth keypad are sequentially in a three-by-three nine-square format Arranging; wherein the four keys to the ninth keypad respectively comprise four buttons arranged in a four-square grid; the third program instruction group sets a reference keypad and randomly changes the reference key a key position in the area, and the key position of the first same position key group is synchronized according to the key position of the reference key area; the fourth program instruction group displays the virtual keyboard on the screen; and, the The five-program instruction group receives a click coordinate and converts it into a corresponding character, displays the character in a presentation frame and stores the character in the memory, and reads a plurality of the characters sequentially stored in the memory. Form a character string, and transfer the character string to one of the application login input boxes

Further, in some embodiments, the second set of program instructions further includes: setting a second co-located key group to include the "A", the "D", the "G", the "J", the "M", the "P", the "S" and the "V", setting a third co-located key group including the "B", the "E", the "H", the "K", the " N", the "Q", the "T" and the "W", setting a fourth co-located key group including the "C", the "F", the "I", the "L", the "O" "," "R", the "U" and the "X".

Further, in some embodiments, the third program instruction group further includes: synchronizing the second co-located key group, the third co-located key group, and the fourth same according to the button position of the reference keypad The button position of the position key group.

The present invention further includes, in some embodiments, a sixth program instruction, The group generates a check code according to a check function; and when the fifth program instruction group transmits the character string to the login input box of the application, the check code is transmitted to the application.

Further, in some embodiments, the fourth set of program instructions includes: adjusting a width of the virtual keyboard according to the resolution of the screen.

Further, in some embodiments, the virtual keyboard includes a plurality of function keys; and the third program instruction group randomly adjusts the positions of the function keys.

Further, in some embodiments, the first co-located key group comprises: the "0".

Further, in some embodiments, the first co-located key group comprises: the "1".

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10‧‧‧ device

12‧‧‧ Processor

14‧‧‧ memory

16‧‧‧ screen

18‧‧‧Communication module

20‧‧‧Virtual keyboard

22‧‧‧Application

24‧‧‧Input device module

26‧‧‧ Presenting box

28‧‧‧ Login to input box 1

30‧‧‧Login input box 2

32‧‧‧Login input box three

34‧‧‧ Login button

1 is a block diagram of a system function of an apparatus for performing the method of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a system function of the apparatus for performing the method of the present invention; FIG. 3A is a virtual diagram of an embodiment of the present invention; Schematic diagram of a keyboard (1); FIG. 3B is a schematic diagram of a virtual keyboard according to an embodiment of the present invention (2); 3C is a schematic diagram (3) of a virtual keyboard according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3D is a schematic diagram (4) of a virtual keyboard according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of various embodiments of the first keypad of the present invention; Figure 5 is a schematic view showing various embodiments of the second keypad of the present invention; Figure 6 is a schematic view showing various embodiments of the third keypad of the present invention; and Figure 7 is a schematic view showing various embodiments of the fourth keypad of the present invention; Figure 9 is a schematic view showing various embodiments of the fifth keypad of the present invention; Figure 9 is a schematic view showing various embodiments of the sixth keypad of the present invention; and Figure 10 is a schematic view showing various embodiments of the seventh keypad of the present invention; BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 12 is a schematic view showing various embodiments of a ninth keypad of the present invention; FIG. 13 is a schematic view showing various embodiments of a tenth key zone of the present invention; FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram of a virtual keyboard according to a second embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram of a virtual keyboard according to an embodiment of the present invention; and FIG. 17 is a virtual keyboard according to an embodiment of the present invention; Schematic diagram; Figure 18 is the FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram of a virtual keyboard according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram of a virtual keyboard according to Embodiment 7 of the present invention; and FIG. 21 is a schematic diagram of a virtual keyboard according to an embodiment of the present invention; Figure 22 is a flow chart showing the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention; Figure 23 is a schematic diagram of a screen screen of a prior art application login; Figure 24 is a schematic diagram (1) of a screen screen according to a first embodiment of the present invention; and Figure 25 is a schematic diagram (2) of a screen screen according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention uses, but is not limited to, a smart TV, a personal computer (PC), a laptop (Laptop/Notebook/Portable Computer), a smart phone, a tablet PC, etc., 10 The method of the present invention can be applied to a screen, a step of performing the present invention, and an intention to protect the entered account number or/and password entry data.

Referring to FIG. 1 , a system function block diagram (1) of a device 10 for implementing a dynamic virtual keyboard of the present invention, the legend only lists the relevant core modules when the screen touch device 10 performs a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the rest The module is omitted and not depicted. In an embodiment of the present invention, the virtual keyboard 20 is applied to a device 10 having a touch screen, such as a smart phone or a tablet. The device 10 includes: one or more processors 12, a memory 14, and a screen. 16 and the communication module 18. The memory 14 loads or stores the application 22 and the virtual keyboard 20 of the present invention. The application 22 is a third-party application that inputs security requirements or a financial application integrated with the virtual keyboard 20. E-commerce trading application. In some embodiments, the application 22 is a web browser for executing and displaying web services of an online banking, network broker or e-commerce platform, and the application 22 receives an account number of the virtual keyboard 20 of the present invention. Enter the password with the password to log in to the above web services. In some embodiments, the application 22 and the virtual keyboard 20 are integrated into an integrated online banking program, a network broker program, or an e-commerce transaction program, and the virtual keyboard 20 belongs to one of the sub-programs of the applications 22 ( Sub-Function) or Sub-Module, when the application 22 has input The subroutine/submodule virtual keyboard 20 is executed when the protection is required (for example, login), and the execution of the subroutine/submodule virtual keyboard 20 is stopped at the end of the demand. The processor 12 executes a plurality of program instruction sets included in the virtual keyboard 20, and performs the steps in a manner in which the hardware and the software cooperate. The screen 16 is used to display a graphical user interface (GUI) of the virtual keyboard 20 and a button that accepts a screen touch command to operate the virtual keyboard 20. The communication module 18 is used to establish an Internet connection, such as a cable broadband, a WLAN (Wi-Fi, etc.), a mobile communication network (such as 3G, 4G, ...), and the like.

Continuing to refer to FIG. 2, a block diagram (2) of the system function of the apparatus 10 for implementing the dynamic virtual keyboard of the present invention. The illustrations only list the relevant core modules when the non-screen touch device 10 performs a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the remaining modules are omitted and not depicted. In an embodiment of the present invention, the virtual keyboard 20 is applied to a non-touch screen device 10, such as a personal computer, a notebook computer, a smart TV, etc., and the difference from FIG. 1 is such a device 10. In addition, an input device module, such as a mouse, a touch pad, a remote control, etc., is used to click the button of the virtual keyboard 20 to input an account. Or / and password to application 22. The remaining module functions of the device 10 are the same as those of the first figure. However, the screen 16 has no touch function, so no further details are provided.

Referring to FIG. 3A to FIG. 3D, a schematic diagram of a virtual keyboard 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention, which illustrates a keyboard layout of the virtual keyboard 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: presentation frame 26, ten from "0" to "9" The digital virtual button (hereinafter referred to as the numeric key), twenty-six virtual keys (hereinafter referred to as alphabetic keys) from "A" to "Z", and a plurality of function keys. In some embodiments, the virtual keyboard 20 may further include one to a plurality of inactive null keys for filling the blank layout in the virtual keyboard 20 and for preserving the space to accommodate the random discharge of the virtual The button (hereinafter referred to as the button), such as the button on the right side of the "Y" and "Z" in Figure 3A.

The presentation box 26 can be implemented as a presentation box 26 by using a Label element or an Input Box (Input Box) element during application development. The presentation box 26 is used to display an operation prompt (Operation Tips) before the user inputs, and the string in the example is “OK when the input is completed”, and is displayed when the user starts to click the virtual button for input. "The virtual button that was clicked."

The keyboard layout of the virtual keyboard 20 of the present invention is assigned to eight keypads by the eight keys from the numeric key "2" to the numeric key "9", and the keypad containing the numeric key "2" is called the second keypad, including the numeric keys. The keypad of "3" is called the third keypad, the keypad containing the numeric key "4" is called the fourth keypad, and the keypad containing the numeric key "5" is called the fifth keypad, including the numeric keypad "6". The keypad is called the sixth keypad, the keypad containing the numeric key "7" is called the seventh keypad, and the keypad containing the numeric key "8" is called the eighth keypad, which contains the numeric key "9". The keypad is called the ninth keypad. Each keypad consists of four buttons, including a number key and three letter keys. The letter keys are sequentially assigned to the second keypad to the ninth keypad in groups of three letters. The layout is set by four buttons at the four corners of a rectangle (ie, upper left, lower left, upper right, and lower right), referred to as the four squares of the keypad. In addition, the keypad containing the numeric key "1" is referred to as the first keypad, the keypad containing the numeric key "0" is referred to as the tenth keypad, and the remaining alphabetic keys not assigned to the above keypad are set to the eleventh The keypad (the eleventh keypad of an embodiment of the present invention includes alphabetic keys "Y" and "Z" as shown in Fig. 3A).

The present invention presents the numeric keys in the same corner position of each keypad in a random manner each time the execution is performed, for example: "all numeric keys are presented in the upper left corner of the keypad", as shown in FIG. 3A, in this specification, The buttons in the same corner position of the four squares in each keypad are called "same position" Key group. In some embodiments, the same-key group of the numeric keys (the first co-located key group) is: eight keys of the numeric keys "2" to "9", and does not contain the numeric keys "0" and " 1", as shown in Figure 19. In some embodiments, the same key group of numeric keys: numeric keys "1" to "9" a total of nine buttons, does not contain the number key "0", such as the 18th As shown in the figure, in some embodiments, the same position key group of numeric keys: number keys "0" to "9" a total of ten keys, as shown in Figures 15 to 17. As for the letter keys, in In some embodiments, the letter keys "A", "D", "G", "J", "M", "P", "S", and "V" are a co-located key group (second co-located key) Group); letter keys "B", "E", "H", "K", "N", "Q", "T" and "W" are a co-located key group (third co-located key group) The letter keys "C,", "F", "I", "L", "O", "R", "U", and "X" are a co-located key group (fourth co-located key group).

The virtual keyboard 20 of the present invention is configured by the processor 12 to change the position of the reference keypad numeric key and the alphabetic key in a random manner, and to arrange the other keypads according to the same location key group of the reference keypad, and the reference keypad needs to be included at the same time. The number keys and letter keys can be any of the second to ninth keypads. For example, in an embodiment, the second keypad is used as a reference keypad, the processor 12 changes the four button positions in the second keypad in a random manner, and the other keypads refer to the second keypad to arrange the same-key clusters. Go to the same location in the keypad. In some embodiments, the position of each button in the reference keypad is arbitrarily arranged by the processor 12 in a random manner, that is, the four buttons in the keypad do not have any relative positional relationship, for example, the first figure on the left side of FIG. Inline six second keypad embodiments in which the buttons do not have any relative positional relationship. In some embodiments, the four buttons of the reference keypad are arranged in a fixed relative position, and each time the present invention is performed, the processor 12 is arbitrarily rotated in a random manner (eg, two grids rotated clockwise or counterclockwise) One box) refer to the key sequence in the keypad, regardless of After the rotation, the four buttons in the keypad still maintain the same relative positional relationship, for example, the four second keypad embodiments of the first horizontal row above the fifth figure, wherein the buttons have the same relative positional relationship. If the number key "2" is taken as the head and viewed in the counterclockwise direction, the order of the four buttons is "2", "A", "B" and "C". When this embodiment is executed, the processor 12 is random. The mode selects any one of the first horizontal rows as the key arrangement of the second keypad. FIG. 3A to FIG. 3D illustrate the arrangement of the keys of each keypad in the first embodiment of the present invention. The order of the illustrations is not intended to limit the display change order of the first embodiment. The present invention determines the reference keys in a random manner by the processor 12. The arrangement of the four buttons of the area, therefore, the 3A to 3D drawings do not have any fixed display change order.

The virtual keyboard 20 of the present invention changes the position of the reference keypad numeric keys and letter keys in a random manner by the processor 12, and in some embodiments, the function keys of the virtual keyboard 20 are also changed by the processor 12 in a random manner. For example, the "reverse button" (ie, Backspace) and the "OK button" on the right side of the 3A and 3B diagrams (ie, the "Enter" key, which may also be marked as "confirm"), the positions of the two. Change in a random manner.

Referring to Figure 4, there is shown a schematic view of various embodiments of the first keypad of the present invention. The first keypad of the present invention only provides the numeric key "1". The first horizontal row embodiment above the illustration illustrates that the first keypad is a large virtual button, regardless of where the user presses within the button. Only the number "1" in the button indicates that the display position is changed as the number is in the same position as the key group. The second horizontal row embodiment is a numeric key "1" with three empty keys. If the user presses the empty key has no effect, the numeric key "1" changes with the display position of the digital same position key group. The key is reversed. The third horizontal row embodiment operates in the same manner as the first horizontal row, but the third horizontal row embodiment can exhibit a particular vision The effect, that is, highlights the position of the number key "1" in the first keypad. The fourth horizontal row embodiment only displays the numeric key "1" instead of the empty key to fill the blank space. The dotted outer frame in the legend is only used to explain the relative positional relationship of the numeric key "1" in the first keypad. There is no such dotted frame when displayed on the screen 16. The lowermost embodiment of the legend is to display the number "1" in a large font at the center of the first keypad, that is, the same position key group ("2" - "9") of the numeric keys of this embodiment. Does not contain "1".

Referring to Figure 5, there is shown a schematic view of various embodiments of the second keypad of the present invention. The illustration illustrates that the second keypad of the present invention consists of a four-square grid of numeric keys "2" and four keys of letter keys "A", "B" and "C". If the user switches with "Caps Lock Key" or "Shift Key", the letter keys are changed to display lowercase "a", "b" and "c".

Referring to Figure 6, a schematic diagram of various embodiments of the third keypad of the present invention. The illustration illustrates that the third keypad of the present invention consists of a four-square grid consisting of the numeric keys "3" and the four keys of the letter keys "D", "E" and "F". If the user switches with "Caps Lock Key" or "Shift Key", the letter keys are changed to display lowercase "d", "e" and "f".

Referring to Figure 7, a schematic diagram of various embodiments of the fourth keypad of the present invention. The illustration illustrates that the fourth keypad of the present invention consists of a four-square grid consisting of the numeric keys "4" and the four keys of the letter keys "G", "H" and "I". If the user switches with "Caps Lock Key" or "Shift Key", the letter key is changed to display lowercase "g", "h" and "i".

Referring to Figure 8, a schematic diagram of various embodiments of the fifth keypad of the present invention. The illustration illustrates that the fifth keypad of the present invention consists of a four-square grid of numeric keys "5" and four keys of letter keys "J", "K" and "L". Among them, if the user uses "Caps Lock Key" or "Shift" After the "key" is switched, the letter key is changed to display lowercase "j", "k" and "l".

Referring to Figure 9, a schematic diagram of various embodiments of the sixth keypad of the present invention. The illustration illustrates that the sixth keypad of the present invention consists of a four-square grid consisting of the numeric keys "6" and the four keys of the letter keys "M", "N" and "O". If the user switches with "Caps Lock Key" or "Shift Key", the letter keys are changed to display lowercase "m", "n" and "o".

Referring to Figure 10, there is shown a schematic view of various embodiments of the seventh keypad of the present invention. The illustration illustrates that the seventh keypad of the present invention consists of a four-square grid of numeric keys "7" and four keys of the letter keys "P", "Q" and "R". If the user switches with "Caps Lock Key" or "Shift Key", the letter keys are changed to display lowercase "p", "q" and "r".

Referring to Figure 11, a schematic diagram of various embodiments of the eighth keypad of the present invention. The illustration illustrates that the eighth keypad of the present invention consists of a four-square grid of numeric keys "8" and four keys of the letter keys "S", "T" and "U". If the user switches with "Caps Lock Key" or "Shift Key", the letter keys are changed to display lowercase "s", "t" and "u".

Referring to Figure 12, there is shown a schematic view of various embodiments of the ninth keypad of the present invention. The illustration illustrates that the ninth keypad of the present invention is composed of the numeric keys "9" and the four keys of the letter keys "V", "W" and "X", wherein if the user uses the "Caps Lock Key" Or after the "Shift" key is switched, the letter keys are changed to display lowercase "v", "w" and "x".

The first to ninth keypads of the present invention are arranged in a three-by-three nine-square grid pattern, that is, the number keys "1" to "9" are arranged in a nine-square grid form, and the arrangement rule is in accordance with a general telephone button. The alignment standard (ITU E 1.161 International Standard Specification), the user should be quite familiar with the arrangement of these numeric keys. As for the assignment and arrangement of letter keys, from the letter keys "A", "B" and "C" is assigned to the second keypad, and the letter keys "M", "N" and "O" are assigned to the sixth keypad. The arrangement rule of this part also conforms to the ITU E 1.161 international standard specification, so the present invention The keyboard layout of the virtual keyboard 20 has a certain arrangement rule for the user to follow to find the position of the button.

Referring to Figure 13, there is shown a schematic view of various embodiments of the tenth keypad of the present invention. In some embodiments, the tenth keypad of the present invention provides only the numeric key "0". The first horizontal row embodiment above the illustration illustrates that the tenth keypad is a large virtual button, regardless of the user pressing the button. Wherever you can, only the number "0" in the button indicates that the display position changes as the number is in the same position as the key group. In the second horizontal row embodiment, the number key “0” is matched with three empty keys, and if the user presses the empty key, the numeric key “0” changes with the digital home position key group to change the display position. The key is reversed. The third horizontal row embodiment operates in the same manner as the first horizontal row, but the third horizontal row embodiment can exhibit a particular visual effect, i.e., highlighting the position of the numeric key "0" in the tenth keypad. . The fourth horizontal row embodiment only displays the numeric key “0” instead of the empty key to fill the blank space. The dotted outer frame in the legend is only used to explain the relative positional relationship of the numeric key “0” in the tenth key zone. There is no such dotted frame when displayed on the screen 16. The virtual buttons of the fifth horizontal row of embodiments utilize only two variations, namely, a left display and a right display "0". The lowermost embodiment of the legend is to display the number "0" in a large font at the center of the first keypad, meaning that the digital co-located key group of this embodiment does not contain "0". In some embodiments, the numeric keys and the alphanumeric keys are assigned to ten keypads, and the tenth keypad may additionally include "the remaining alphabetic keys not assigned to the aforementioned nine keypads" in addition to the numeric keys "0", such as : Letter keys "Y" and "Z" (not depicted).

Referring to Figure 14, there is shown a schematic view of various embodiments of the eleventh keypad of the present invention. In some embodiments, the eleventh keypad of the present invention provides only the letter keys "Y" and "Z", the legend is only listed In some embodiments, the outer frame of the fourth horizontal to sixth horizontal row may be a broken line (ie, used to indicate the relative positional relationship between the letter key and the eleventh keypad, on the screen) The dotted frame is not displayed on the 16th).

Referring to Figure 15, a schematic diagram of a virtual keyboard 20 in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention. The illustration illustrates that the first keypad, the tenth keypad, and the eleventh keypad of this embodiment replace the null keys in a blanking manner.

Referring to Figure 16, a schematic diagram of a virtual keyboard 20 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The illustration illustrates that the first keypad, the tenth keypad, and the eleventh keypad of this embodiment fill the space outside the keys in the keypad with empty keys.

Referring to Figure 17, a schematic diagram of a virtual keyboard 20 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The illustration illustrates that the numeric keys of the first to tenth keypads of this embodiment are presented in a highlight to facilitate the user to quickly identify the position of the numeric keys. In some embodiments, the anti-white effect is applied to letter keys rather than numeric keys (not depicted). In some embodiments, the present invention applies different key background colors to numeric or alphanumeric keys to facilitate user differentiation of numeric and alphanumeric keys (not depicted). In some embodiments, the present invention labels numeric or alphanumeric keys in different font colors to facilitate user differentiation of numeric and alphanumeric keys (not depicted).

Referring to Figure 18, a schematic diagram of a virtual keyboard 20 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The legend illustrates that the tenth keypad, the eleventh keypad, and the "Shift key" of this embodiment are half the height of the other keypads. In this embodiment, the number key "0" of the tenth keypad has only two random variations, and the letter keys of the eleventh keypad have only two random variations.

Referring to Figure 19, a schematic diagram of a virtual keyboard 20 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The legend illustrates that the same-position key group of the numeric keys of this embodiment does not contain "1" and "0", and "1" is fixed to be large. The font is displayed in the center of the first keypad, and "0" has only two random variations (ie, "left" and "right"). Therefore, the digital co-located key group contains only "2" to Eight numbers of "9".

Referring to FIG. 20, a schematic diagram of a virtual keyboard 20 according to Embodiment 7 of the present invention is shown. The illustration illustrates that this embodiment has only digital co-located key groups, and the alphanumeric keys in each keypad are set by the processor 12 in a random manner.

Referring to Figure 21, a schematic diagram of a virtual keyboard in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The illustration illustrates that this embodiment is provided with "special symbol keys" in the tenth keypad and the eleventh keypad, for example: At (@), bottom line (_), dot (.), slash (/), tilde symbol (~)...etc. The special symbol key is manually inserted by the developer (developer) in a specific key area (this illustration is the tenth key area and the eleventh key area). After manually setting the key area where the special symbol key is located, the special symbol key can be set again. Whether it is controlled to randomly adjust the position. For example, when the processor 12 changes the position of the button in the keypad in a random manner, the symbol keys are also randomly changed in position, or are maintained at a fixed position and are not randomly changed. In some embodiments, the special symbol key is only placed in the tenth keypad; in some embodiments, the special symbol key is only placed in the eleventh keypad.

Referring to Figure 22, a flow chart of the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention. For the user to use the smart phone to execute the mobile banking application and log in, please refer to Figure 1, Figure 23, Figure 24 and Figure 25. The operation process includes:

Step S101: The application 22 is executed on the device 10. The user executes the mobile banking application 22 on the smart phone (i.e., device 10), and the screen 16 displays the graphical user interface of the mobile banking application 22.

Step S102: Establish a connection with the server and display a login screen. After the communication module 18 establishes an Internet connection, the mobile banking application 22 establishes a connection with the remote server. The login screen is displayed on the screen 16, as shown in Fig. 23 (the legend is prior art).

Step S103: Click the login input box. The user clicks the login input box 28, the login input box 2 30 and the login input box 3 32 to input the account, user code and password. In some prior art login screens, the user only has to enter an account (login input box one 28) and a password (login input box three 32) without entering a user code (login input box two 30) (not depicted). This step begins as a method of the invention.

Step S104: The resolution of the screen 16 is obtained. When the user clicks the login input box in the previous step, the trigger processor 12 executes the first program instruction group of the virtual keyboard 20 of the present invention. After the first program instruction group is executed, the resolution of the screen 16 is obtained and temporarily stored in the memory 14 . in. The resolution of the screen 16 is used to calculate the display size of the virtual keyboard 20, as shown in Fig. 24.

Step S105: setting the same position key group. The second program command group of the virtual keyboard 20 of the present invention sets a total of nine keys of the numeric keys "1" to "9" as the first co-located key group. In some embodiments, the first co-located key group contains "0". The second program command group may further set the letter keys "A", "D", "G", "J", "M", "P", "S", and "V" as the second co-located key group. The second program command group may also set the letter keys "B", "E", "H", "K", "N", "Q", "T", and "W" as the third co-located key group. The second program instruction group can also set the letter keys "C", "F", "I", "L", "O", "R", "U", and "X" as the fourth co-located key group. As for the letter keys "Y" and "Z" in different embodiments, it is possible to set to different co-located key groups. In some embodiments, "Y" is set to the second co-located key group, and "Z" is set to The third same position key group. In some embodiments, "Y" is set to the first co-located key group and "Z" is set to the second co-located key group. In some embodiments, "Y" and "Z" It is not set to any co-located key group. For example, when the keypads of "Y" and "Z" belong to only two buttons, the button positions of "Y" and "Z" are randomly adjusted by the processor 12.

Step S106: assign a numeric key and an alphabetic key to a plurality of keypads. In some embodiments, the virtual keyboard 20 of the present invention assigns numeric keys and alphanumeric keys to a first keypad to a tenth keypad for a total of ten keypads; in some embodiments, the virtual keyboard 20 of the present invention uses numeric keypads and The letter keys are assigned to the first keypad to the eleventh keypad, for a total of eleven keypads. This step is described by taking an eleven key embodiment as an example. The second program command group sets the first keypad to include the number key "1", and the second keypad includes the numeric key "2" and the letter key "A". , the letter key "B" and the letter key "C", set the third keypad includes the number key "3", the letter key "D", the letter key "E" and the letter key "F", set the fourth keypad contains the number Key "4", letter key "G", letter key "H" and letter key "I", setting the fifth keypad includes the number key "5", the letter key "J", the letter key "K" and the letter key " L", the sixth keypad is set to include the number key "6", the letter key "M", the letter key "N" and the letter key "O", and the seventh keypad is set to include the number key "7" and the letter key "P". , the letter key "Q" and the letter key "R", set the eighth keypad contains the number key "8", the letter key "S", the letter key "T" and the letter key "U", set the ninth keypad contains the number Key "9", letter key "V", letter key "W" and letter key "X", set the tenth keypad to contain the number key "0", set the eleventh keypad to contain the letter key "Y" and the letter key "Z". Among them, the first to ninth keypads are arranged in a sequence of 3 by 3 in a nine-square grid (from left to right, top to bottom). In some embodiments, the tenth keypad is disposed directly below the eighth keypad and the eleventh keypad is disposed directly below the ninth keypad.

Step S107: setting the reference keypad. The third program instruction group of the virtual keyboard 20 of the present invention sets a certain keypad as a reference keypad, and the reference keypad must contain a numeric key and three words. The mother key, that is, one of the second keypad to the ninth keypad is selected. The foregoing example is described by taking the second keypad as a reference keypad as an example.

Step S108: The processor 12 randomly changes the position of the button in the reference keypad. The third program instruction set causes the processor 12 to set the position of the four keys in the reference keypad in a random manner. In some embodiments, virtual keyboard 20 additionally includes a plurality of function keys. In this step, in addition to randomly changing the position of the button in the reference keypad, the third program instruction group also randomly changes the function key position, for example, randomly aligning the positions of the "OK" and "Shift" keys.

Step S109: Synchronize the button positions of all the same position key groups according to the reference keypad. The third program command group synchronizes the button positions of all the same position key groups in other keypads according to the position of the button in the reference keypad. This end is regarded as the set number of the same position key group. For example, when only the first same position key group is present, only the number keys among the first same position key group need to be synchronized. For example, if the same location key group has the first co-located key group and the second co-located key group, the numeric key and the alphabet key among the first co-located key group and the second co-located key group must be synchronized, and so on.

Step S110: Display the virtual keyboard 20 on the screen 16. The fourth program instruction set of the virtual keyboard 20 of the present invention displays the virtual keyboard 20 on the screen 16. In some embodiments, the virtual keyboard 20 displayed by the fourth set of program instructions further includes a presentation box 26, as shown in FIG. When the user inputs the account number or password in the virtual keyboard 20 of this embodiment, the input character string is temporarily displayed in the presentation box 26, and the input word is displayed when the user presses the "OK button" of the virtual keyboard 20. The metastring will be sent to the login input box. In some embodiments, the virtual keyboard 20 displayed by the fourth program instruction group is as shown in FIG. 25. When the user inputs the account or password in the virtual keyboard 20 of this embodiment, the input character string is directly displayed in the login. Input box, meaning that this embodiment is an application The login input box of program 22 shares the same input box with presentation frame 26 of virtual keyboard 20. In some embodiments, the fourth program instruction set calculates/adjusts the width of the virtual keyboard 20 and the keys according to the resolution of the screen 16 obtained in step S104.

Step S111: Select a button of the virtual keyboard 20 to input the login data. After the fourth program command group displays the virtual keyboard 20 on the screen 16, the user inputs the login data (ie, account number/user code/password) by clicking the virtual button. When the user clicks the button (ie, the click event occurs in the click area of the button), the fifth program instruction group of the virtual keyboard 20 of the present invention receives and records each click coordinate, and then the fifth program instruction group performs the click coordinate. Analyze the alignment to query the character (or function key) corresponding to the clicked coordinate. Finally, the fifth program instruction set displays the corresponding character in the presentation frame 26 while temporarily storing it in the memory 14. Each click coordinate analysis corresponds to one character (or function key), and the plurality of characters stored in the memory 14 are collectively referred to as a "character string". In some embodiments, the fifth set of program instructions does not directly display the string of characters corresponding to the clicked coordinates in presentation box 26, but instead displays an asterisk (*) instead.

Step S112: Click the "OK button" of the virtual keyboard 20. After the login data is input, the user clicks the "OK" button of the virtual keyboard 20. At this time, the sixth program instruction group of the virtual keyboard 20 of the present invention generates a correspondence with the character string (ie, the login data) by the check function. The checksum is temporarily stored in the memory 14. In some embodiments, the check function is a hash function, and the corresponding check code is a hash value.

Step S113: Transfer the login data to the login input box. After the sixth program instruction group generates the corresponding check code, the character string in the memory 14 is transferred to the login input box of the program program 22 by the fifth program instruction group, and the check code in the memory 14 is transmitted to the check code. application twenty two. After receiving the check code and the character string (received through the login input box), the application 22 verifies the authenticity of the data of the character string by the check code.

Step S114: Click the login key 34. After the login input box receives the character string and the check code, and verifies the authenticity of the data, the user can click the login button 34.

In the operation flow of the above embodiment, the steps S103 to S113 are the methods for displaying the dynamic virtual keyboard in the present invention, and the remaining steps are prior art.

The check function and the check code used in the above steps S112 to S113 are used to prevent the device 10 from being implanted into the Trojan horse program or the hacker to invade, and then change the relevant input value by tampering with the data in the memory. Therefore, the present invention performs verification of the authenticity of the data by using the check function and the check code.

The above operation process is illustrated by taking a screen-touch device 10 (ie, a smart phone) as an example, and the present invention can also be applied to a non-screen touch device 10 such as a personal computer or a notebook computer. When applied to the non-screen touch device 10, the user selects the input device module 24 (for example, a mouse, a touch pad or a remote controller) in steps S103, S112, and S114. . In addition, since the screen 16 of the personal computer is large and has a sufficient display area, in some embodiments, the virtual keyboard 20 of the present invention is displayed in a fixed size when the device 10 such as a personal computer/notebook computer is executed. Step S104 does not need to detect the resolution of the screen 16.

It will be understood by the various embodiments of the invention that the program instructions executed by the computer can carry out various blocks in the flowcharts, combinations of blocks in the flowcharts, and steps in the various embodiments. Providing the program instruction sets to a processor for generating a machine or generating resources for the hardware and software to cooperate, whereby when the instructions are executed on the processor, a flow chart is generated for execution A component that indicates the action or technical effect of the square. The different sets of program instructions may also cause at least some of the operational steps shown in the flowchart blocks to be performed in parallel, and the technical content expressed by the various program instructions of the virtual keyboard may vary from embodiment to embodiment. Moreover, some of these steps can also be performed on more than one processor, such as the state in which the microprocessor and peripheral interface processor operate in conjunction with the apparatus of the present invention. In addition, one or more of the blocks or combinations of blocks in the flowcharts can be carried out simultaneously with other blocks or combinations of blocks, or even in a different order than the ones presented, without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention. .

Accordingly, the blocks of the flowchart of the present invention support a combination of means for performing the specified action or technical effect, a combination of steps for performing the specified action or technical effect, and a program command means for performing the specified action or technical effect. It will also be appreciated that these specified actions or technical effects are those of the various blocks of the flowcharts of the present invention and the combinations of the flowcharts of the present invention.

In summary, the present invention provides a technique for displaying a dynamic virtual keyboard, which solves the problem that the prior art does not set a virtual button according to a certain order rule and arbitrarily disperses the user to find a button, and avoids malicious program sidetracking click coordinates. The problem of the present invention is that the technology of the present invention can meet the needs of the user's habitual operation, and the degree of protection of the security is improved, thereby making up for the deficiencies of the prior art.

Although the technical content of the present invention has been disclosed in the above preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and any modifications and refinements made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention are encompassed by the present invention. The scope of protection of the present invention is therefore defined by the scope of the appended claims.

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A method for displaying a dynamic virtual keyboard, which is applied to a device to generate a virtual keyboard, the device comprising a processor, a memory and a screen, the method comprising: setting a first co-located key group, the first co-located key The group includes "2", "3", "4", "5", 6, 7, "8" and "9"; setting one of the virtual keyboards, the first keypad includes "1", and setting the virtual keyboard a second keypad includes the "2", "A, "B" and "C", and the third keypad of the virtual keyboard is set to include the "3", "D, "E" and F", and the setting is performed. The fourth keypad of one of the virtual keyboards includes the "4", "G", "H" and "I", and the fifth keypad of the virtual keyboard is set to include the "5", "J", "K" and "L", setting a sixth keypad of the virtual keyboard to include the "6", "M", "N" and "O", setting one of the virtual keyboards, the seventh keypad includes the "7", "P" ”, “Q” and “R”, setting an eighth key area of the virtual keyboard to include the “8”, “S”, “T” and “U”, and setting a ninth keypad of the virtual keyboard to include the "9", "V", "W" and "X", setting a tenth keypad of the virtual keyboard to include "0", wherein the first keypad to the ninth keypad is 3 by 3 The nine-square lattice form is arranged in sequence; wherein, the four key regions of the second keypad to the ninth keypad are arranged in a two-by-two four-square grid; and a reference keypad is selected, the reference keypad is selected from the a second keypad to the ninth keypad; the processor randomly changes a button position in the reference keypad; and synchronizing the button position of the first co-located key group according to the button position of the reference keypad; Displaying the virtual keyboard on the screen; receiving a click coordinate and converting to a corresponding character; displaying the character in a presentation frame and storing the same in the memory; reading a plurality of the sequentially stored in the memory Characters are grouped into a string of characters; and the string is transmitted to one of the application login fields. The method of displaying a dynamic virtual keyboard as claimed in claim 1, wherein the virtual keyboard comprises a plurality of function keys; and the processor randomly adjusts the positions of the function keys. The method of displaying a dynamic virtual keyboard as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first co-located key group comprises: the "0". The method of displaying a dynamic virtual keyboard as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first co-located key group comprises: the "1". The method for displaying a dynamic virtual keyboard according to claim 1, further comprising: setting a second co-located key group, the second co-located key group including the "A", the "D", the "G", The "J", the "M", the "P", the "S" and the "V"; and synchronizing the button position of the second co-located key group according to the button position of the reference keypad. The method for displaying a dynamic virtual keyboard according to claim 1, further comprising: setting a third co-located key group, the third co-located key group including the "B", the "E", the "H", The "K", the "N", the "Q", the "T" and the "W"; and, The button position of the third co-located key group is synchronized according to the button position of the reference keypad. The method for displaying a dynamic virtual keyboard according to claim 1, further comprising: setting a fourth co-located key group, the fourth co-located key group including the "C", the "F", the "I", The "L", the "O", the "R", the "U" and the "X"; and synchronizing the button position of the fourth co-located key group according to the button position of the reference keypad. The method for displaying a dynamic virtual keyboard according to claim 1, further comprising: generating a check code according to a check function according to the check string; and transmitting the character string to the login input box of the application At the same time, the check code is transmitted to the application. The method for displaying a dynamic virtual keyboard according to claim 1, further comprising: obtaining a resolution of the screen; and, the processor adjusting a width of the virtual keyboard according to the resolution of the screen. A computer program product installed in a device having a screen and a memory, the computer program product comprising: a second program instruction set, setting a first co-located key group comprising "2", "3", "4 "," "5", "6", "7", "8" and "9", setting one of the virtual keyboards, the first keypad includes "1", and setting one of the virtual keyboards includes the second keypad 2", "A", "B" and "C", setting one of the virtual keyboards, the third keypad includes the "3", "D", "E" and "F", setting a fourth keypad of the virtual keyboard to include the "4", "G", "H" and "I", setting a fifth keypad of the virtual keyboard The "5", "J", "K", and "L" are included, and the sixth keypad of the virtual keyboard is set to include the "6", "M", "N", and "O", and the virtual keyboard is set. One of the seventh keypads includes the "7", "P", "Q" and "R", and the eighth keypad of the virtual keyboard is set to include the "8", "S", "T" and "U" Setting a ninth keypad of the virtual keyboard includes the "9", "V", "W" and "X", and setting a tenth keypad of the virtual keyboard to include "0", wherein The first keypad to the ninth keypad are sequentially arranged in a three-by-three nine-grid form; wherein the four key zones of the second keypad to the ninth keypad are arranged in a four-square grid of two by two a third program command group, setting a reference keypad, randomly changing a button position of the reference keypad, and synchronizing the button position of the first co-located key group according to the button position of the reference keypad a fourth program instruction set, the virtual keyboard is displayed on the screen; and a fifth program instruction set receives a click coordinate and converts into a corresponding character, displays the character in a presentation box and stores the character The memory reads a plurality of the characters sequentially stored in the memory to form a character string, and transmits the character string to one of the application login input boxes; wherein the program instructions The group is stored in the memory. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the virtual keyboard comprises a plurality of function keys; and the third program instruction set further comprises: randomly adjusting the positions of the function keys. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the first co-located key group comprises: the "0". The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the first co-located key group comprises: the "1". The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the second program instruction group further comprises: setting a second co-located key group to include the "A", the "D", the "G", the "J", The "M", the "P", the "S" and the "V", setting a third co-located key group including the "B", the "E", the "H", the "K", the "N", the "Q", the "T" and the "W", setting a fourth co-located key group including the "C", the "F", the "I", the "L", the " O", the "R", the "U" and the "X". The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the third program instruction group further comprises: synchronizing the second same location key group, the third same location key group, and the fourth according to the button position of the reference keypad The button position of the same position key group. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising: a sixth program instruction set, the character string generating a check code according to a check function; and, when the fifth program instruction set is the character The check code is transmitted to the application while the string is transmitted to the login input box of the application. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising: a first program instruction set to obtain a resolution of the screen; and the fourth program instruction set adjusts the virtual keyboard according to the resolution of the screen One width.