Patent ID: 8099676

Claim:
A logon management software application embodied in a control device connectable to an information processing device, wherein the software application is arranged such that when executed it performs: detecting if a hardware keyboard is connected to the control device during a logon process; displaying on a display of the control device a first logon GUI for using the connected hardware keyboard to enter information into a field on the first logon GUI if the connection of the hardware keyboard is detected; displaying on the display of the control device a second logon GUI including a field to enter the information, different to the first logon GUI, if the connection of the hardware keyboard is not detected, wherein the second logon GUI has a selectable link to display a software keyboard on the display; and controlling a logon of the control device based on the information entered: into the first logon GUI by the hardware keyboard if the connection of the hardware keyboard is detected throughout the logon process, into the second logon GUI by the software keyboard to be displayed on the display if the connection of the hardware keyboard is not detected during the logon process, if the connection of the hardware keyboard is detected during a part of the logon process, into the first logon GUI by the hardware keyboard during said part of the logon process, and into the second logon GUI by the software keyboard to be displayed on the display during the other part of the logon process.