Registers – Systems controlled by data bearing records – Credit or identification card systems
Patent
1995-07-18
1999-03-02
Gross, Anita Pellman
Registers
Systems controlled by data bearing records
Credit or identification card systems
235380, 2353825, 380 23, H04K 100, G06K 500, G06K 701
Patent
active
058774831
ABSTRACT:
Method and a system for automatically and securely performing computer power up and logon functions. In one embodiment, the system is implemented in a personal computer ("PC") and comprises a central processing unit ("CPU"), a card reader for reading data encoded on user identification cards "swiped" therethrough, and a power supply capable of constantly providing a low power, or "flea power," signal to various components of the PC, including the CPU and card reader, for enabling a soft power startup of the PC. Responsive to detection of a user identification card being swiped through a slot on the card reader, the card reader reads information for identifying the user, in particular, a user ID and security code, encoded on the card and transmits the read information to the CPU. If the CPU determines that the user identified by the user ID is authorized to access the PC, the PC is powered up and the user is logged onto the PC using the data read from the card. Thereafter, if at any time while the user is logged onto the computer, a determination is made that there has been no I/O activity for a predetermined amount of time, the user is automatically logged off of the PC and the PC is powered down. Similarly, if during operation of the PC, the user ID card is again swiped through the reader, the user will be logged off of the PC and the PC will be powered down.
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IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 35 No. 6 pp. 173-176, Nov. 1992.
Bilich James
Brown Alan E.
Dell USA L.P.
Gross Anita Pellman
Rodriquez Douglas X.
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