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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
May. 30, 2018
Ncr Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Sergio Silva, Atlanta, GA (US);
Mustafa Abdulelah, Atlanta, GA (US);
Nicholas Caine, Cumming, GA (US);
John Tatum Dyal, Acworth, GA (US);
Andrew Klenzak, Atlanta, GA (US);
Brian Patrick Rogers, Roswell, GA (US);
Jeremy Cyle Taylor, Cumming, GA (US);
Andrew John Wurfel, Smyrna, GA (US);
NCR Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A portable device having a key is interfaced to a host computing device. The host computing device detects the key on the portable device and authenticates a user for using the key. A boot is forced of the host computing device and during the boot a customized image of an Operating System (OS) for the host computing device is loaded into volatile memory of the host computing device and customized security settings are applied to the OS based on a value of the key.