Electronic access-protection system, method of operating a computer system, chip card and firmware component
US9824202B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 3, 2013 |
| Grant date | Nov 21, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 22, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/60
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electronic access protection system for a computer system includes an access-protected apparatus having a firmware component and a data processing device that executes program code of the firmware component; a reading device coupled to the apparatus that reads chip cards; and at least one chip card having at least one chip-card-specific access procedure, wherein a predetermined memory area of the at least one chip card stores first information concerning the at least one chip-card-specific access procedure; and the at least one firmware component has executable program code that reads in and evaluates data from the at least one chip card and performs the at least one chip-card-specific access procedure for the at least one chip card on the basis of the first information stored in the first memory area.
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