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Asset protection based on redundantly associated trusted entitlement verification

US9424406B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

James R. Coon · Rochester, US
Richard J. Gusefski · Endicott, US
Franz Hardt · Ehningen, DE
Roger D. Krsnak · Rochester, US
Jakob C. Lang · Altdorf, DE
Victor M. Lourenco · Vestal, US
Jan David Schneider · Holzgerlingen, DE
Garry J. Sullivan · Rochester, US
Brian D. Valentine · Endwell, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 9, 2014
Grant date	Aug 23, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 31, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F21/6218
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method of managing a plurality of assets by associating a smart card with a compute subsystem by installing a database on the smart card and embedding an identifier of the compute subsystem. The system and method, in turn, may receive a request to access an asset of a compute subsystem; verify that a feature of the database is enabled in response to the request, the feature corresponding to the asset; and grant the access to access the asset upon the verifying of the feature.

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