Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support – Digital data processing system initialization or configuration – Loading initialization program
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-20
2008-11-04
Lee, Thomas (Department: 2115)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support
Digital data processing system initialization or configuration
Loading initialization program
C713S189000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07447895
ABSTRACT:
A BIOS locking device is connected to a BIOS chip of a computer apparatus to control a BIOS booting procedure. The computer apparatus communicates with a USB controller of the locking device via a communication protocol of a standard interface and recognizes this locking device as a USB-interface storage device. Then, the computer apparatus selects a fingerprint application program stored in a memory of the locking device according to a method of accessing a USB storage device and enables a fingerprint sensor to read a user's fingerprint so as to transfer to-be-identified fingerprint data corresponding to the fingerprint and an authorized data template previously stored in a main storage device of the computer apparatus to a main memory of the computer apparatus. A CPU of the computer apparatus compares the fingerprint data with the template, and allows the BIOS booting procedure if the comparison passes.
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Chiu Li-Kuo
Chou Bruce C. S.
Aimgene Technology Co., Ltd.
Lee Thomas
Ligh Tuning Tech, Inc.
Muncy Geissler Olds & Lowe, PLLC
Tran Vincent T
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