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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Shiva R. Dasari, Austin, TX (US);
Raghuswamyreddy Gundam, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer system comprises a Trusted Platform Module System (TPMS). The TPMS comprises a first Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and a second TPM, which comports with a different TPM specification than that followed by the first TPM. A physical presence input device receives a local physical change signal that proves a local physical presence of a user at the computer system. A toggle input device, which requires the local physical change signal, causes the state being output from the GPIO pin on the first TPM to switch from a first state to a second state. This change of state causes a TPM switch to selectively decouple the first TPM from a central processing unit and to couple the second TPM to the central processing unit.