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Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 20, 2019
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Craig M. Trim, Ventura, CA (US);

Cesar Augusto Rodriguez Bravo, Alajuela, CR;

Yered Andres Cespedes Corrales, Heredia, CR;

Roxana Monge Nunez, Pérez Zeledón, CR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/88 (2013.01); G06F 21/35 (2013.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/88 (2013.01); G06F 21/35 (2013.01); G07C 9/00309 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computing device controls a physical locking device. The computing device determines that an authorized user has requested an unlocking of a physical security device included in a first computing device. The computing device sends a signal to a mobile computing device of the user that is in communication with the first computing device. The computing device unlocks the physical security device included in the first computing device via the mobile computing device based on the signal.


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