Patent ID: 8212833

Claim:
A method for receiving secure data at an input device having a display, comprising the steps of: displaying data entry elements on the display of the input device, respective ones of the data entry elements being displayed at a first selection position; receiving a selection of a data entry element at the first selection position via a display element selecting device, said selection corresponding to data input of one or more alphanumeric characters of a character sequence of the secure data; automatically changing a display attribute of the data entry elements shown on the display, the changed display attribute including displaying at least one of the data entry elements at a second selection position on the display, said second selection position being at a different position on the display than the first selection position; and receiving a selection of a data entry element with the changed display attribute at the second selection position, said selection corresponding to data input of one or more alphanumeric characters as subsequent characters of the character sequence of the secure data.