Invention Grant
US07814532B2 Data processing system and method for password protecting a boot device
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用于密码保护引导设备的数据处理系统和方法
- Patent Title: Data processing system and method for password protecting a boot device
- Patent Title (中): 用于密码保护引导设备的数据处理系统和方法
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Application No.: US09847085Application Date: 2001-05-02
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Publication No.: US07814532B2Publication Date: 2010-10-12
- Inventor: Daryl Carvis Cromer , Joseph Wayne Freeman , Steven Dale Goodman , Eric Richard Kern , Randall Scott Springfield
- Applicant: Daryl Carvis Cromer , Joseph Wayne Freeman , Steven Dale Goodman , Eric Richard Kern , Randall Scott Springfield
- Applicant Address: SG Singapore
- Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: SG Singapore
- Agency: Dillon & Yudell LLP
- Agent Antony P. Ng
- Main IPC: G06F7/04
- IPC: G06F7/04 ; G08B29/00 ; G06F9/00 ; G06F15/177
Abstract:
A data processing system and method of password protecting the boot of a data processing system are disclosed. According to the method, in response to an attempt to boot the data processing system utilizing a boot device, the boot device is interrogated for a password. If the boot device supplies password information corresponding to that of a trusted boot device, the data processing system boots utilizing the boot device. If, however, the boot device does not supply password information corresponding to that of a trusted boot device, booting from the boot device is inhibited. In a preferred embodiment, the password information comprises a unique combination of the boot device's manufacturer-supplied model and serial numbers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20020166072A1 Data processing system and method for password protecting a boot device Public/Granted day:2002-11-07
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