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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 29, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Andrew C. M. Hicks, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);

Ryan Thomas Rawlins, New Paltz, NY (US);

Christopher V. DeRobertis, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);

Khaalid Persaud Juggan McMillan, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/70 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01); H01R 13/639 (2006.01); G06F 21/30 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/70 (2013.01); G06F 21/305 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); H01R 13/6397 (2013.01); H05K 7/1491 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2137 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system is provided and includes a resource, locking elements and a controller. The resource includes multiple independently securable resources. The locking elements are respectively configured to assume a locked condition in which corresponding ones of the multiple independently securable resources are locked and an unlocked condition in which the corresponding ones of the multiple securable resources are unlocked. The controller is receptive of an instruction to authorize users to unlock the one or more of the multiple independently securable resources and is configured to perform operating system (OS) level authentication of the users and OS level control of the locking elements in accordance with the instruction to authorize users and the OS level authentication.


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