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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Jeffrey D. Schwartz, Loveland, CO (US);
Inventor:
Jeffrey D. Schwartz, Loveland, CO (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/02 (2006.01); G06F 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A computer security system comprises a motherboard comprising a processor and a memory. The system also comprises a drive device having an assigned identifier and coupled to the motherboard. The system further comprises a basic input/output system (BIOS) executable by the processor and adapted to compare the assigned identifier of the drive device with an identifier stored in the memory and boot the motherboard if the assigned identifier corresponds to the stored identifier.