公开(公告)号：US07284279B2

公开(公告)日：2007-10-16

申请号：US10384161

申请日：2003-03-07

申请人： Michael A. Morrison ,  James A. Jordan ,  Jon E. Freise

发明人： Michael A. Morrison ,  James A. Jordan ,  Jon E. Freise

IPC分类号： H04L9/32 ,  G06F21/00

CPC分类号： G06F21/84

摘要： Improvements in security relating to the use of personalized document production equipment. The invention has particular use with respect to printers that are used to produce plastic cards, such as financial cards and identification cards. The invention prevents the unauthorized production of personalized documents through the use of stolen or fraudulently obtained production equipment or software. The equipment is locked until a user enters authorization data that matches authorization data stored in memory of the equipment. The equipment is able to power-up in the locked state, at which point the user is prompted to enter the authorization data. As a result, if the equipment is stolen, the thief is unable to operate the equipment without the necessary authorization data.

摘要翻译： 改进使用个性化文件生产设备的安全性。 本发明对于用于生产塑料卡的打印机（例如金融卡和身份证）具有特别的用途。 本发明通过使用被盗或欺诈性获得的生产设备或软件来防止未经授权的生产个性化文档。 设备被锁定，直到用户输入与存储在设备的存储器中的授权数据相匹配的授权数据。 设备能够在锁定状态下上电，此时用户被提示输入授权数据。 因此，如果设备被盗，小偷无法在没有必要的授权数据的情况下操作设备。