US Patent Issued to Dell Products on Sept. 22 for "Information handling system secure keyboard with collapsible keys at a numberpad area" (Singaporean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,556, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Information handling system secure keyboard with collapsible keys at a numberpad area" was invented by Peng Lip Goh (Singapore) and Deeder M. Aurongzeb (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information handling system keyboard has plural security information validations to enable and disable communication by the keyboard with an information handling system. A touch detection surface coupled under the keyboard number pad is enabled when an authorized security card inserts into a security card reader so that a security pattern traced over the to...