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PORTABLE USB DEVICE THAT BOOTS A COMPUTER AS A SERVER WITH SECURITY MEASURE

  • US 20080082813A1
  • Filed: 09/25/2007
  • Published: 04/03/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computer-implemented method for establishing an operating environment of a computer, the method comprising:

  • in response to detecting a portable storage device inserted into a first host computer having a first operating environment provided by a first operating system (OS) installed in the first host computer, mounting the portable storage device into a file system of the first host computer;

    in response to a request for rebooting the first host computer, authenticating the portable storage device using a private key stored within the portable storage device against a public key stored in a second host computer over a network;

    in response to successfully authenticating the portable storage device, downloading from the second host computer over the network data representing a personal working environment associated with a user of the portable storage device;

    rebooting the first host computer into a second operating environment using a second OS image stored in the portable storage device; and

    configuring the second operating environment of the first host computer using the obtained settings of the personal working environment, such that the user of the portable storage device can operate the second host computer in view of the personal working environment.

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