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US 2008/0177920 A1Published application
Methods for Handling Keyboard Inputs
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorLowell Dennis
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Abstract
A computer implemented method of processing keyboard input, the method including receiving a keyboard type of a keyboard coupled an information handling system, receiving keyboard input from the keyboard and processing the keyboard input as a function of the keyboard type.
Claims18
A computer implemented method of processing keyboard input, comprising:
- receiving a keyboard type of a keyboard coupled an information handling system;
- receiving keyboard input from the keyboard;
- and
- processing the keyboard input as a function of the keyboard type.
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A computer implemented method of processing keyboard input, comprising:
- receiving keyboard input from a keyboard coupled to an information handling system;
- and
- determining keyboard type by comparison of the keyboard input to a predetermined character string.
A computer implemented method of processing keyboard input, the method comprising:
- receiving a keyboard input comprising at least one identifier key;
- substituting a value in the place of the identifier key to produce a mapped keyboard input;
- and
- comparing the mapped keyboard input to an authenticating password.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.