Patents by Inventor JongBin Ryu

JongBin Ryu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for inputting a password into an electronic terminal
    Patent number: 8776200
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for inputting a password into an electronic terminal, wherein the method comprises: a step of saving a password character string inputted by the user through an input unit in a storage unit; a step of randomly placing adjacent characters from within the password character string into adjacent input buttons—defined as any two input buttons connected in a straight line without passing another input button—which are arranged in a two-dimensional field by a control unit, wherein the total number of input buttons is greater than the number of characters included in the password character string; a step in which the control unit places a character not included in the password character string into an input button in which a character included in the password character string has not been placed; a step in which a display unit displays each input button displaying a placed character; a step in which an input unit receives the input character string from the user; and a step
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Inventor: JongBin Ryu
  • METHOD FOR INPUTTING A PASSWORD INTO AN ELECTRONIC TERMINAL
    Publication number: 20140013408
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for inputting a password into an electronic terminal, wherein the method comprises: a step of saving a password character string inputted by the user through an input unit in a storage unit; a step of randomly placing adjacent characters from within the password character string into adjacent input buttons—defined as any two input buttons connected in a straight line without passing another input button—which are arranged in a two-dimensional field by a control unit, wherein the total number of input buttons is greater than the number of characters included in the password character string; a step in which the control unit places a character not included in the password character string into an input button in which a character included in the password character string has not been placed; a step in which a display unit displays each input button displaying a placed character; a step in which an input unit receives the input character string from the user; and a step
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventor: JongBin Ryu