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Wireless communication device and method with duress password protection

A wireless communication device, password protection technology, applied in the protection of internal/peripheral computer components, radio/induction link selection arrangement, digital data authentication, etc., can solve the problem of not having the feature of forced password

Active Publication Date: 2009-05-06
RES IN MOTION LTD
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However, such password-protected wireless communication devices have not previously featured mandatory passwords

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[0033] figure 1 is an overview of a typical communication system in which wireless communication device 100 may be used in accordance with the present invention. Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that there can be hundreds or thousands of different system topologies. There can also be many message senders and receivers. figure 1 The simple typical system shown in is for illustration purposes only, and shows what is probably the most prevalent current Internet e-mail environment.

[0034] figure 1 An email sender 10, Internet 12, message server system 14, wireless gateway 16, wireless infrastructure 18, wireless network 20, and mobile communication device 100 are shown.

[0035] For example, email sender 10 may be connected to an ISP (Internet Service Provider) located within the company on which the system user has an account, possibly to a local area network (LAN), and to the Internet 12, or through, for example, America Online TM A big ASP (Application Ser...

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A wireless communication device (and its related method of operation) includes, if invoked, password protected access to data stored therewithin and / or to normal device operations and further includes duress password checking logic that automatically causes a duress message to be sent if a duress password has been entered. The duress message is preferably sent without maintaining any user accessible indication of such sending. It is also preferred that the password checking logic automatically cause an end-of-duress message to be sent if a normal password is entered after a duress password has been entered. A plurality of different duress passwords may be entered into a duress password portion of data memory in the device.

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technical field [0001] The present invention generally relates to wireless communication devices having password protection for access to stored data and / or normal device operation. Background technique [0002] For wireless communication devices (e.g., cellular telephones, mobile email devices, etc.) Or password protection for normal device operation is well known. Home alarm systems are also typically password protected. For example, an alarm is typically "raised" or "disarmed" by a secret code known only to the homeowner and authorized guests. [0003] Most home alarms now also include a mandatory code feature. The forced password differs from the normal password in some way (for example, one character may be changed, for example, if the normal password is 12345, the forced password may be 1-2-3-4-4). If the homeowner is in a forced situation (for example, a burglar breaks into the house and threatens bodily harm when asked to disarm or turn off the alarm system), the...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F1/00G06F17/00G06F21/31G06F21/88G08B13/00H04L9/32H04L29/06H04Q7/32
CPCG06F21/88G06F21/31H04L63/083H04L63/104
Inventor 迈克尔·S·布朗内尔·P·亚当斯赫伯特·A·利特尔迈克尔·G·柯卡普迈克尔·K·布朗杨·M·罗伯斯通乔纳森·F·哈默
Owner RES IN MOTION LTD