Keyboard with built in display for user authentication
First Claim
1. A method within a wireless keyboard for integrating the wireless keyboard with one of a wireless personal area network or a wireless local area network, comprising:
- operating in a wireless interface disabled mode until a valid access code is typed onto a keypad of the wireless keyboard;
receiving a sequence of key entries made upon the wireless keyboard;
comparing the sequence of key entries to a specified access code;
if the sequence of key entries match the specified access code, enabling a wireless interface to operate in a wireless interface enabled mode; and
establishing a master/slave relationship with at least one other wireless device.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for creating a personal area network with a wireless keyboard, comprising generating a text message on a keyboard integrated display to prompt a user to enter a password, determining all available personal area network devices and displaying a subset of the available personal area network devices based upon access permissions associated with the password. Generally, the wireless keyboard includes logic for generating prompts to a user to create a master password and user passwords with defined access privileges. Moreover, a user, by utilizing the display, may select alternate or additional devices with which to couple. In one embodiment, the wireless keyboard is further operable to send and receive text messages with a cell phone which are further propagated through a cellular network using legacy text message protocols.
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20 Claims
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1. A method within a wireless keyboard for integrating the wireless keyboard with one of a wireless personal area network or a wireless local area network, comprising:
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operating in a wireless interface disabled mode until a valid access code is typed onto a keypad of the wireless keyboard;
receiving a sequence of key entries made upon the wireless keyboard;
comparing the sequence of key entries to a specified access code;
if the sequence of key entries match the specified access code, enabling a wireless interface to operate in a wireless interface enabled mode; and
establishing a master/slave relationship with at least one other wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for integrating a wireless keyboard with one of a wireless personal area network or a wireless local area network, comprising:
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generating a display on a display integrated into the wireless keyboard to prompt a user to enter a valid access code wherein the display is generated solely by the wireless keyboard;
receiving a sequence of key entries;
comparing the sequence of key entries to a specified access code;
if the sequence of key entries match the specified access code, defining a password for a keyboard master after determining that the valid access code has been entered by prompting the user on the display to create a keyboard master password;
enabling a wireless interface of the wireless keyboard to operate in a wireless interface enabled mode; and
establishing a master/slave relationship with at least one other wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A wireless keyboard, comprising:
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an integrated display for displaying messages and status indications to a user;
a wireless front end for transmitting and receiving communication signals with one of an access point or a Bluetooth enabled wireless device; and
a processor with associated logic coupled to the integrated display, the logic for generating the messages and status indications and for receiving in-going signals from the wireless front end and for transmitting out-going signal to the wireless front end. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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