ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,748,833, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Password setting method and information processing device" was invented by Kimitoshi Sato (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The object is to improve convenience of password management. When a password is inputted to a target device, the inputted password is recorded in/on a medium separate from the target device, and the inputted password is applied to the target device when the recording of the password in/on the medium is finished."

The patent was filed on June 11, 2024, under Application No. 18/739,854.

*For further information, including imag...