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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2008
Jeffrey Mark Estroff, Cary, NC (US);
Seiichi Kawano, Kanagawa, JP;
Mikio Hagiwara, Yamato, JP;
Keiko Kokubun, Yokohama, JP;
Jeffrey Mark Estroff, Cary, NC (US);
Seiichi Kawano, Kanagawa, JP;
Mikio Hagiwara, Yamato, JP;
Keiko Kokubun, Yokohama, JP;
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Tech Park, SG;
Abstract
A system, apparatus, and methods are disclosed for aligning a stored scancode sequence that corresponds to a hardware password, with a password input device type such as a current keyboard type. Aligning the stored scancode sequence with the password input device type enables successful validation of a hardware password despite a change in a password input device type or inadvertent corruption of a non-volatile memory used for storing the scancode sequence such as non-volatile memory that stores BIOS information for a computing device.