METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING PASSWORD ACCESS TO A DEVICE

A method of and apparatus for allowing a user to access an electronic device by entering a password from a first device having alphabetic letter keys and numerical digit keys and a second device having primarily numerical digit keys comprising creating an alphabetic letter conversion relationship between the alphabetic letter keys of the first device with the numerical digit keys of the second device, creating a numerical digit conversion relationship between the numerical digit keys of the first device with the numerical digit keys of the second device, receiving a first password entered from the first device having alphabetic letter keys and numerical digit keys, converting the first password to a second password that can be entered from the second device having primarily numerical digit keys by using the alphabetic letter conversion relationship and the numerical digit conversion relationship, and allowing a user to access the electronic device if the user enters the first password or the second password.