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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Toshiba Client Solutions Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Naoyuki Aizawa, Fussa Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Toshiba Client Solutions CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/575 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2111 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an electronic device executes a specified software. The electronic device includes a first storage that stores the specified software, and a firmware that controls a hardware included in the electronic device. The firmware is started after the electronic device is powered on and before the specified software is executed. The firmware invalidates a password authentication when the electronic device is in a particular environment, and validates the password authentication when the electronic device is out of the particular environment.