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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshikazu Morisawa, Tokorozawa, JP;
Masayo Yamaki, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Tsukada, Tokyo, JP;
Tohru Mamata, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Kawawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
713202 ; 713201 ;
Abstract
A portable computer system includes a keyboard for inputting at least a password, and a main CPU for controlling the system operation to perform a data processing. Particularly, the computer system further includes a password control section, holding one or more registered passwords as being unreadable by direct access from the main CPU, for allowing the main CPU to perform the data processing when a password identical to one of the registered passwords held therein is input by the keyboard.