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Hardware access and monitoring control

US8819858B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 19, 2012
Grant dateAug 26, 2014
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Expiry dateDec 19, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2221/2129
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Various embodiments described and illustrated here include one or more of systems, methods, software, and data structures that may be used to implement policies for hardware access and monitoring control in concert with a premises security system that controls ingress and egress of a facility. One embodiment includes identifying when certain devices are removed or decoupled from a computer and preventing one or more users of that computer from leaving a facility within which the computer is located.

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