Patent ID: 7788498

Claim:
A method facilitating triple-tap password entry for an IP-based television system, the method comprising: initiating a cursor state of a password edit box on a user interface to receive each of a sequence of characters as one or more triple-tap keypad inputs, the keypad being a television-remote-control device; receiving a password as the sequence of characters that are each entered as one or more triple-tap keypad inputs, wherein each character of the password is obscured with at least one of an asterisk or a random character; displaying the one or more keypad inputs for each of the characters as the sequence of characters are received; after each character of the sequence of characters of the password is received and the one or more keypad inputs for each of the characters is displayed, obscuring each character of the sequence of characters of the password, the obscuring being triggered by: a subsequent character of the password being received; and an expiration of a defined time duration from which each character of the password is received but before receiving a subsequent character; determining the time duration from which a character of the password is received, the character of the password being obscured when the time duration meets or exceeds the defined time limit; and obscuring a character of the password after the character has been received such that the characters are consecutively obscured to conceal the password.