Method and system for activating a computer system
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- a computing system;
wherein the computing system comprises a security system and a power management system, the security system comprising two or more security states and the power management system comprising two or more power states, wherein the power states comprise off, standby, and on, wherein the standby power state further comprises sub-states hibernate, service, and sleep, and the security states comprise off, on, and standby, wherein the on security state further comprises sub-states login, logged in, and locked,computer storage media including at least one memory storage device;
a device enabled to control the power management system and the security system of the computing system;
the device being enabled to accept a secure access device; and
wherein the device is configured to control the computing system transitioning from the on power state to the standby power state by causing the computing system to turn off a main monitor, spin down a hard drive, and shut off system fans and enter the service sub-state for a predetermined period to process any pending background tasks; and
when determining that the computing system has been in the service sub-state for the predetermined period and no pending background tasks to process, causing a sleep event to be generated and the computing system to transition from the service sub-state to the sleep sub-state.
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Abstract
A system and method for improved activation of a personal computer and/or other processing devices is provided. Power and security states are combined and further reduced to three activation states which may be operated by a single secure device. The system may include any number of activation states for operating the computer using only the single secure device. The secure access device handles both security and power management by authenticating physical access to the computer and the identity of the user. For this purpose, a device containing a biometric reader may be integrated with a smart card and the biometric identification used as an authentication code to secure the smartcard. The secure access device may be inserted into a locking mechanism used by the user to transition between activation states.
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17 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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a computing system; wherein the computing system comprises a security system and a power management system, the security system comprising two or more security states and the power management system comprising two or more power states, wherein the power states comprise off, standby, and on, wherein the standby power state further comprises sub-states hibernate, service, and sleep, and the security states comprise off, on, and standby, wherein the on security state further comprises sub-states login, logged in, and locked, computer storage media including at least one memory storage device; a device enabled to control the power management system and the security system of the computing system; the device being enabled to accept a secure access device; and
wherein the device is configured to control the computing system transitioning from the on power state to the standby power state by causing the computing system to turn off a main monitor, spin down a hard drive, and shut off system fans and enter the service sub-state for a predetermined period to process any pending background tasks; andwhen determining that the computing system has been in the service sub-state for the predetermined period and no pending background tasks to process, causing a sleep event to be generated and the computing system to transition from the service sub-state to the sleep sub-state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of integrating and simultaneously managing power management and security management of a computing system, the computing system comprising a security system and a power management system, the security system comprising two or more security states and the power management system comprising two or more power states, the method comprising:
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providing a single device enabled to control the power management system and enabled to control the security system, the power management system having power states comprising off, standby, and on, wherein the standby power state further comprises sub-states hibernate, service, and sleep, the security system having security states comprising off, on, and standby, wherein the on security state further comprises sub-states login, logged in, and locked, and the device being enabled to accept a secure access device; accepting input from the device, the device having accepted the secure access device; selecting states for the security system and the power management system based upon state of the device, the secure access device, and one or more events; a transition from the on power state to the standby power state causing the computing system to turn off a main monitor, spin down a hard drive, and shut off system fans and enter a service sub-state for a predetermined period to process any background tasks pending; and when having been in the service sub-state for the predetermined period and no pending background tasks to process, generating a sleep event and causing a transition from the service sub-state to the sleep sub-state. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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