ELECTRONIC SYSTEM WITH ACCESS CONTROL

• US 20090178133A1
• Filed: 01/09/2008
• Published: 07/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Michael Smith, Paul Garcia
• Original Assignee: Michael Smith, Paul Garcia
• Inventors: Smith, Michael, Garcia, Paul
• Application Number:
  US11/971,348
• Publication Number:
  US 20090178133A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/16
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/34 involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards

Abstract

An electronic system includes an input device and an electronic device, and a switching device connected between them. The switching device allows and disallows access of the input device to the electronic device in response to a security signal. The input device is connected to the electronic device when the switching device is activated. The input device is disconnected from the electronic device when the switching device is deactivated.

Claims

1. An electronic system, comprising:

an input device;

an electronic device;

a switching device which allows and disallows, in response to a security signal, the input device to control the operation of the electronic device with a digital control signal.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the input device is a thermostat and the electronic device is an air conditioning unit.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the switching device is activated and deactivated in response to the security signal.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the input device is in communication with the electronic device when the switching device is activated.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the input device is not in communication with the electronic device when the switching device is deactivated.

6. The system of claim 3, wherein the switching device attenuates the digital control signal when it is deactivated.

7. An electronic system, comprising:

an electronic device;

an input device having input and output portions, the output portion being in communication with the electronic device; and

a switching device which is activated and deactivated in response to a security signal, the electronic device being responsive, when the switching device is activated, to a digital control signal from the output portion.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the switching device is connected between the input and output portions.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the input portion controls the operation of the output portion when the switching device is activated.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the input portion does not control the operation of the output portion when the switching device is deactivated.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the electronic device operates, when the switching device is activated, in response to a digital signal from the device input.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the switching device is activated in response to a security signal.

13. The system of claim 7, further including a security system which provides the security signal.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the security system is a card reader.

15. The system of claim 7, wherein the input device is a computer input device and the electronic device is a computer.

16. An electronic system, comprising:

an electronic device;

a switching device; and

an input device in digital communication with the electronic in response to the switching device being activated.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the input device is electrically connected to the electronic device when the switching device is activated.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the input device is electrically disconnected from the electronic device when the switching device is deactivated.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the electronic device operates, when the switching device is activated, in response to a digital signal from the device input.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the switching device is activated in response to a security signal.