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Patent No.:

US 11343244 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 02, 2019

Method and apparatus for multi-factor verification of a computing device location within a preset geographic area

Applicant:

Dell Products, Lp, Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

Kamal J. Koshy, Austin, TX (US);

Adolfo S. Montero, Pflugerville, TX (US);

Assignee:

Dell Products, LP, Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorneys:

Prol Intellectual Property Law, PLLC

H. Kenneth Prol

Primary Examiner:

Moustafa M Meky

Assistant Examiner:

Thorne E Waugh

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 41/082 (2022.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); H04L 41/082 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01);
Abstract

A location multi-factor verification method may comprise initiating a boot process of a client device via firmware of the client device, receiving, via a network interface device, an access point (AP) beacon frame identifying a nearby AP, transmitting the AP beacon frame to a location determination service via the network interface device, receiving a geographic location estimation from the location determination service, based on the AP beacon frame, transmitting the geographic location estimation to the nearby AP, and granting a user of the client device access to an operating system of the client device if a boot process authorization instruction is received at the client device via the network interface device.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Koshy, Kamal. (2022). Method and apparatus for multi-factor verification of a computing device location within a preset geographic area (U.S. Patent No. 11343244). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11343244

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