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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2002
Frederick M. Hall, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Frederick M. Hall, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
ACUSON, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The preferred embodiments described herein provide a method for emergency logon. In one preferred embodiment, a method for emergency logon is described comprising the acts of providing a logon process that collects identification information and authentication information and provides access when identification information is authenticated by authentication information; receiving a request for emergency logon from an entity; collecting identification information from the entity; and without authenticating the identification information collected from the entity, providing the entity with emergency access. Other preferred embodiments are provided, and each of the preferred embodiments described herein can be used alone or in combination with one another.