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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2007
Srinivasan Jeganathan, Tamilnadu, IN;
Arun Kumar Singh, Farrukhabad, IN;
Srinivasan Jeganathan, Tamilnadu, IN;
Arun Kumar Singh, Farrukhabad, IN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of limiting read/write access of information stored on an electronic trip unit is disclosed. The method includes requesting a valid password on one of a communication port of the electronic trip unit and a display device of the electronic trip unit, receiving a password at a processor of the electronic trip unit in response to the request, determining if the received password is valid based on password information stored on a memory of the electronic trip unit, and limiting read/write access of information stored on the electronic trip unit based on the determination.