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Method, system, and apparatus for keystroke entry without a keyboard input device

  • US 8,555,191 B1
  • Filed: 03/10/2010
  • Issued: 10/08/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for receiving alpha-numeric input in the absence of a keyboard input device, the computer-implemented method comprising:

  • displaying one or more alpha-numeric characters on a display screen, the one or more alpha-numeric characters being displayed by a setup utility provided by a basic input output system (BIOS) executing on a computer;

    determining, by way of a processor, whether input was received selecting a location on the display screen;

    determining, by way of the processor, whether the selected location contains one of the one or more alpha-numeric characters by examining a character located at the selected location and one or more adjacent characters; and

    in response to determining that the selected location contains one of the one or more alpha-numeric characters, entering the selected alpha-numeric character into a keyboard buffer by way of the processor such that the alpha-numeric character appears to have been typed on a keyboard.

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