International Business Machines Corporation

Uve Hansmann

Thomas Stober

Lothar Merk

Method and device for setting basic means of access for operation of electronically operated devices (), with the aid of a possibly transferable personal authentication system (), essentially based on three components used in the course of the method in accordance with the invention; namely additional device hardware functions permitting means of access, namely in particular for custom configuration and shutdown of the devices; a hardware-oriented interface to a reader device () for the authentication system () such as a SmartCard reader permitting access to the functions by a SmartCard (); and the authentication system () itself, capable of directly accessing the configuration and/or shutdown/startup/restart functions of the device hardware by way of the defined interface. Legitimization for configuration/shutdown and startup/restart of the devices is provided by matching of keys stored on the SmartCard () and in a ROM () in the device ().

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Altdorf, Germany

Uve Hansmann