Screensaver display method and information processing system

Abstract

There are provided a screensaver displaying method and an information processing system in which characters arbitrarily selected or input by a user can be displayed with a simple operation during starting of a screensaver in the screensaver started at a time when an IC card or the like is pulled out. In the screensaver displaying method and the information processing system in which a computer is usable, while a user authentication device such as the IC card is set in a card reader and writer, and a screensaver screen is displayed and input into the computer cannot be performed, when the IC card or the like is pulled out and the user authentication device is not recognized, a control section of a processing device displays character contents set corresponding to a specific key in the screensaver screen of a display unit, when the specific key is pressed within a specific time after the IC card is pulled out.

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