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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2024
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Jason A. Kuhne, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Steven Michael Holl, Sarasota, FL (US);
Matthew Robert Engle, Plano, TX (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method comprises: at a workstation with a biometric keyboard that has keys with fingerprint readers: accepting a login to the workstation by a first user; receiving, from the fingerprint readers, first fingerprint readings indictive of first fingerprints of the first user responsive to typing on the keys by the first user; upon first determining the first fingerprint readings match known first fingerprints for the first user, authenticating the first user as an authorized user; receiving, from the fingerprint readers, second fingerprint readings indicative of second fingerprints of a second user responsive to typing on the keys by the second user; and upon second determining that the second fingerprint readings do not match the known first fingerprints of the first user, automatically logging-out the first user to prevent the first user from using the workstation.