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Logon authentication and security system and method

  • US 6,542,994 B1
  • Filed: 04/12/1999
  • Issued: 04/01/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/12/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A machine-readable program storage device for storing encoded instructions for a method of authenticating the identity of a computer user for a computer having an operating system which includes a registry of processes and requires a secure acknowledgment of the user on the computer, said method comprising the steps of:

  • establishing a security process as the primary process of the registry previous to starting or restarting the computer operating system;

    enabling an authentication procedure on the computer by the security process;

    storing a secure user acknowledgment by the security process which is acceptable to the operating system; and

    executing the computer operating system.

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