PORTABLE, COMPUTER-PERIPHERAL APPARATUS INCLUDING A UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS (USB) CONNECTOR

摘要

A portable computer-peripheral apparatus comprises a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. The apparatus is operable to communicate with a computer terminal (e.g. a ‘PC’). Following connection to the PC, the apparatus initialises (i.e. presents or enumerates itself) as a HID keyboard and then sends to the terminal a first predefined sequence of keycodes automatically without manual interaction; the keycodes complying with the human interface device (HID) keyboard standard protocol. Each keycode represents and simulates a keystroke, such as those performed when a user strikes a key on the PC keyboard. The keycode sequence automates the direct access to content, and/or or the initiation of a task or other process.

主权项

1. A USB autorun peripheral device in which
(a) the USB autorun peripheral device is inserted or connected to a computing device; (b) the USB autorun peripheral device includes a one-time-only passcode generator and sends to the computing device a sequence of data complying with a standard protocol, the data including a one-time-only passcode; (c) the sequence of data is processed at the computing device to automatically open a connection to a web server; and (d) in which the sequence of data, without any prior input of a website address for the web server or login data for that website or prior input of unique data identifying the device at any earlier time by a user, automates the direct access, over the internet, to the web server.