User authentication system and method for controlling the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorJoon-Wook Jung
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Abstract
A user authentication system and method using a password. A method for performing an operation mode associated with a password in the system having a password setup function, includes the steps of setting up a general password for normal user authentication and an emergency password needed for an emergency operation mode, and storing them in a memory; and upon receiving a password from a user, performing the normal user authentication when the user-entry password matches the general password, and performing the emergency operation mode when the user-entry password matches the emergency password.
Claims23
A user authentication apparatus for use in a system having a password setup function, comprising:
- a memory for setting up and storing a plurality of passwords and individual operation modes associated with the passwords;
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- a controller for receiving a password from a user, determining an operation mode associated with the received password from the memory, and performing the read operation mode, wherein at least one of the operation modes is an emergency operation mode.
A user authentication system, comprising:
- a memory for storing a general password which is adapted to perform a general operation mode of the system and an emergency password which is adapted to perform an emergency operation mode;
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- a controller for receiving a password from a user, performing the general operation mode when the user-entry password matches the general password, and performing the emergency operation mode when the user-entry password matches the emergency password.
A user authentication method for use in a system having a password setup function to perform an operation mode associated with a user-entry password, comprising the steps of:
- establishing a plurality of passwords and individual operation modes associated with the passwords;
- storing the plurality of passwords and the individual operation modes associated with the passwords in a memory;
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- upon receiving a password from a user, determining an operation mode associated with the received password from the memory, and performing the read operation mode, wherein at least one of the operation modes is an emergency operation mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.