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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. 12, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
William David Sproule, Woodinville, WA (US);
Polita Mila Huff, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 ; G06F 3/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 ; G06F 3/14 ;
Abstract
A vehicle computer system includes a first button that initiates a user login procedure. A second button allows a user to select among multiple password characters. A display device displays the multiple password characters including a currently selected password character. Another button is used to enter the selected password characters for validation. The second button may be rotatable, such that the user of the vehicle computer system is able to scroll through the list of multiple password characters by rotating the second button.