Patent ID: 8321922

Claim:
A machine-implemented method for providing a username and password to a system apparatus using a personal device, the method comprising: receiving, at a near field communication (NFC) interface of the personal device, a message from the system apparatus; providing, in response to receiving the message, for the NFC interface of the personal device to awaken; establishing, in response to awakening the NFC interface, an NFC link with the system apparatus via the NFC interface of the personal device, wherein the establishing comprises performing an initiation handshake with the system apparatus, exchanging device profile information with the system apparatus following the initiation handshake, and authenticating the system apparatus based on the exchanged device profile information; receiving, at the personal device, an indication of a request for manual input for a username and password on the system apparatus; retrieving, in response to the received indication of the request and instead of manual input from a user, the username and password from storage on the personal device; encrypting the username and password; and transmitting, by the personal device, the encrypted username and password to the system apparatus via the NFC link, wherein the username and password are used for logging the user into the system apparatus.