Method and apparatus for password output
AssigneeWinbond Electronics Corp.
InventorsChia-Ching Lu, Chao-Huang Pai
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for account and/or password output are disclosed. In the present invention, a hot-key corresponding to an account and/or a password is set in advance. By entering the hot-key, the related account and/or password is transferred and login automatically, thus the purpose of making login more conveniently is achieved. Besides, the present invention combines various input device to make the way of setting hot-key become more diversely, therefore security of password login is also enhanced.
Claims16
A method for outputting a password for an electronic device, comprising:
- providing a password correspondence table registering correspondence relationship between an input interface type as well as an input signal value and a password datum;
- receiving an input event;
- identifying the input interface type and the input signal value corresponding to the input event as an input condition;
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- transmitting the corresponding password datum to the electronic device to login when the input condition exists in the password correspondence table.
An apparatus for outputting a password, comprising:
- a memory unit, for storing a password correspondence table registering correspondence relationship between an input interface type as well as an input signal value and a password datum;
- at least one input interface, for inputting an input event;
- an identification module, for identifying the input interface type and the input signal value corresponding to the input event as an input condition;
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- a processing unit, for transmitting the corresponding password datum to an electronic device to login when the input condition exist in the password correspondence table.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.