Patent ID: 8301899

Claim:
A method of allowing a user to access an electronic device by entering a password from one of a first device having alphabetic letter keys and numerical digit keys and a second device having primarily numerical digit keys, said method comprising the steps of: storing in memory an alphabetic letter conversion relationship between the alphabetic letter keys of the first device with the numerical digit keys of the second device; storing in memory a numerical digit conversion relationship between the numerical digit keys of the first device with the numerical digit keys of the second device; receiving a first password from a first user entering the first password on the first device; storing in memory the first password from the first user; generating a second password for the first user for entering on the second device having primarily numerical digit keys by using the stored alphabetic letter conversion relationship and the stored numerical digit conversion relationship; storing in memory the second password for the first user; providing the second password to the first user; and allowing the first user to access the electronic device repeatedly by entering the first password on the first device or the second password on the second device.