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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2013
Dell Products, Lp, Round Rock, TX (US);
Richard J. Cardone, Austin, TX (US);
Muhammad Yousaf, Austin, TX (US);
Dell Products, LP, Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A system includes a sensor to determine a user is proximate to the system and a logon module to receive information from the sensor that a user is proximate to the system, receive logon information from the user and identification information associated with the user, authenticate the user to use the system based on the logon information, store the identification information, receive second information from the sensor that the user is not proximate to the system, suspend an operating system session, receive information from the sensor that the user is again proximate to the system, receive second identification information associated with the user, determine that the first and second identification information matches, and resume the OS session in response to determining that the first and second identification information matches.