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Apparatus and method for security of electric and electronic devices

US4801935A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 26, 1988
Grant dateJan 31, 1989
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Expiry dateApr 26, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F21/31
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and method having elements and steps selected and arranged to require a timed, coded input for authenticating a code of characters in a set sequence for authorizing user access and having means for emitting a signal or alarm, wherein the system is initialized so as to require matching of representative signals at inhibiting control circuits having an on-state and an off-state so that characters entered sequentially in timed cycles are authenticated as a correct member of a code set in a correct time cycle or disqualified as an unauthentic character. An authentic character is a certain designated character entered in the selected time cycle.

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