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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2000
Applicants:
Uwe Hansmann, Altdorf, DE;
Lothar Merk, Wiel i. Sch., DE;
Thomas Stober, Boeblingen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for selectively controlling the operation of a device for authenticating a user. The user may have a multifunction smart card that is capable of downloading and executing programs, based upon personal and authentication account data, which is selectably stored on the smart card.