US 8,301,899 B2 · Method and apparatus for facilitating password access to a device

Abstract

A method of and apparatus for allowing a user to access an electronic device by entering a password from a first device having alphabetic letter keys and numerical digit keys and a second device having primarily numerical digit keys comprising creating an alphabetic letter conversion relationship between the alphabetic letter keys of the first device with the numerical digit keys of the second device, creating a numerical digit conversion relationship between the numerical digit keys of the first device with the numerical digit keys of the second device, receiving a first password entered from the first device having alphabetic letter keys and numerical digit keys, converting the first password to a second password that can be entered from the second device having primarily numerical digit keys by using the alphabetic letter conversion relationship and the numerical digit conversion relationship, and allowing a user to access the electronic device if the user enters the first password or the second password.

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Dependent claims

A method of allowing a user to access an electronic device by entering a password from one of a first device having alphabetic letter keys and numerical digit keys and a second device having primarily numerical digit keys, said method comprising the steps of:

storing in memory an alphabetic letter conversion relationship between the alphabetic letter keys of the first device with the numerical digit keys of the second device;
storing in memory a numerical digit conversion relationship between the numerical digit keys of the first device with the numerical digit keys of the second device;
receiving a first password from a first user entering the first password on the first device;
storing in memory the first password from the first user;
generating a second password for the first user for entering on the second device having primarily numerical digit keys by using the stored alphabetic letter conversion relationship and the stored numerical digit conversion relationship;
storing in memory the second password for the first user;
providing the second password to the first user;
and allowing the first user to access the electronic device repeatedly by entering the first password on the first device or the second password on the second device.

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An apparatus for controlling access to an electronic device, said apparatus comprising:

a processor;
memory connected to said processor;
an input port for connecting a first user input device having alphabetic letter keys and numerical digit keys;
and an input port for connecting a second user input device having primarily numerical digit keys, wherein said processor is programmed to store in the memory an alphabetic letter conversion relationship between the alphabetic letter keys of the first device with the numerical digit keys of the second device, to store in the memory a numerical digit conversion relationship between the numerical digit keys of the first device with the numerical digit keys of the second device, to receive a first password from a first user entering the first password on the first device, to store in memory the first password from the first user, to generate a second password for the first user for entering on the second device having primarily numerical digit keys by using the stored alphabetic letter conversion relationship and the stored numerical digit conversion relationship, to store in memory the second password for the first user, to provide the second password to the first user, and to allow the first user to access the electronic device repeatedly by entering the first password on the first device or the second password on the second device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and apparatus for facilitating password access to a device

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Method and apparatus for facilitating password access to a device

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Abstract

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