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Method and device for safeguarding a digital process device

US7254701B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 15, 2002
Grant dateAug 7, 2007
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Expiry dateJan 1, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2221/2153
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for safeguarding a digital process device having a data storage slot comprises the steps of: providing a drawable storage device for storing a start-up code of the digital process device; and processing the starting code for executing a start-up operation of the digital process device when the drawable storage device is inserted into the data storage slot of the digital process device.

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