Patent ID: 8661540

Claim:
A method comprising: providing a computer system; providing a peripheral memory storage device coupled with an interface of the computer system for communication therewith; upon boot-up of the computer system, automatically starting an operating system on the computer system and initiating a driver allowing communication between said peripheral memory storage device and said interface of the computer system; displaying a login screen; upon boot-up of said computer system, and after displaying said login screen, intercepting by said peripheral memory storage device a command by said operating system indicating readiness to accept input; and automatically responding by said peripheral memory storage device, upon boot-up of said computer system, to said command indicating readiness to accept input, including populating fields within the login screen with data extracted from the peripheral memory storage device and provided to the computer system via the interface, the interface enabled by the operating system prior to display of the login screen; wherein said login screen is displayed and populated in response to cooperation by said operating system and said peripheral memory storage device.