Keystroke monitoring apparatus and method
AssigneeKeyghost Limited
InventorAdam R. Lyness
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Abstract
Keystrokes input by a user are stored in non-volatile memory together with time stamps, creating a record of keystrokes and associated time stamps. At least some of the time stamps are generated and recorded in response to receipt of specific keystroke events, such as a specific keystroke, a specific sequence of keystrokes, a keystroke following an interval of inactivity or an interval of inactivity following a keystroke. The resulting keystroke record may show sessions of keystrokes received, with a start and end time stamp for each session. An alteration record is also provided to track alterations and erasures of the keystroke record.
Claims27
A method of recording keystrokes, including:
- receiving a plurality of keystrokes, storing the received keystrokes in non-volatile memory, generating a plurality of time stamps and storing the time stamps in the non-volatile memory to create a record of keystrokes and associated time stamps;
- wherein at least some of the time stamps are generated in response to receipt of specific keystroke events.
An apparatus for recording keystrokes, including:
- non-volatile memory;
- a processor configured to store keystrokes received from a user input device in the non-volatile memory, to generate time stamps in response to receipt of specific keystroke events and to store the generated time stamps in the non-volatile memory, to create a record of keystrokes and associated time stamps.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.