COMPUTER SYSTEM

• US 20140223154A1
• Filed: 05/17/2013
• Published: 08/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Quanta Computer
• Original Assignee: Quanta Computer
• Inventors: LI, Chi-Li, Su, Fang-Cing, Lien, Chun-Hao
• Granted Patent: US 9,152,429 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4401 Bootstrapping security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A computer system is disclosed. The computer system comprises a near field communication (NFC) tag and a computer. The computer comprises a flash read only memory (ROM), a chipset, an NFC module and a central processing unit (CPU). The flash ROM stores a basic input/output system (BIOS) having a default user identification (UID) and a default entry key data. The chipset comprises a keyboard buffer. The NFC module reads a UID seed from the NFC tag when the NFC tag is close to the NFC module. The CPU generates a current UID according to the UID seed and a function, and determines whether the current UID is equal to the UID. The CPU writes the default entry key data to the keyboard buffer if the current UID is equal to the UID.

Claims

1. A computer system, comprising:

a near field communication (NFC) tag used for storing a first user identification (UID) seed;

a computer, comprising;

a flash read only memory (ROM) used for storing a basic input/output system (BIOS) having a default user identification (UID) and a default entry key data;

a chipset, comprising;

a keyboard buffer;

an NFC module used for reading the first UID seed from the NFC tag when the NFC tag is close to the NFC module; and

a central processing unit (CPU) used for generating a current UID according to the first UID seed and a function and determining whether the current UID is equal to the UID, wherein the CPU writes the default entry key data to the keyboard buffer if the current UID is equal to the UID.

2. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein the chipset further comprises a general purpose input/output (GPIO) pin, the NFC module enables the GPIO when the NFC tag is close to the NFC module, and the CPU executes a system management interrupt (SMI) procedure after the GPIO is enabled, such that the NFC module reads a UID seed from the NFC tag.

3. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein the chipset further comprises a GPIO pin, the NFC module enables the GPIO when the NFC tag is close to the NFC module, and the CPU executes a system control interrupt (SCI) procedure to call an SMI procedure after the GPIO is enabled, such that the NFC module reads a UID seed from the NFC tag.

4. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein the default entry key data comprises a hot key, an account and a password of an option ROM code.

5. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein the default entry key data comprises a hot key set by the BIOS.

6. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein the default entry key data comprises an account and a password of an operating system.

7. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein the default entry key data comprises an account and a password of an application program.

8. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein the computer further comprises a main memory, the CPU further updates the first UID seed as a second UID seed and stores a second UID corresponding to the second UID seed to the flash ROM and the main memory.

9. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein the function is a hash function.