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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2000
Uve Hansmann, Altdorf, DE;
Lothar Merk, Weil i Sch, DE;
Thomas Stober, Boeblingen, DE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Method and device for setting basic means of access for operation of electronically operated devices (), with the aid of a possibly transferable personal authentication system (), essentially based on three components used in the course of the method in accordance with the invention; namely additional device hardware functions permitting means of access, namely in particular for custom configuration and shutdown of the devices; a hardware-oriented interface to a reader device () for the authentication system () such as a SmartCard reader permitting access to the functions by a SmartCard (); and the authentication system () itself, capable of directly accessing the configuration and/or shutdown/startup/restart functions of the device hardware by way of the defined interface. Legitimization for configuration/shutdown and startup/restart of the devices is provided by matching of keys stored on the SmartCard () and in a ROM () in the device ().