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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2022
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., New Tech Park, NC (US);
Robert J. Kapinos, Durham, NC (US);
Scott Li, Cary, NC (US);
Robert James Norton, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
Russell Speight VanBlon, Raleigh, NC (US);
Lenovo (United States) Inc., Morrisville, NC (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for blocking input/output (I/O) access to a computing system. A method includes establishing a portion of the machine-readable instructions as sole controller of the system responsive to the machine-readable instructions and preventing unauthorized replacement of the machine-readable instructions. The method also includes blocking user access to internal resources of the computing system and preventing predefined input/output (I/O) of the computing system.