Authenticating maintenance access to an electronics unit via wireless communication
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1. A maintenance control system comprising:
- an electronic access area;
a computer positioned in the electronic access area and including a first RFID communicator;
a tag including a second RFID communicator and configured to be physically associated with an individual;
a first access manager configured to grant access, upon presence of the second RFID communicator of the tag within the electronic access area, wherein the individual is granted access to perform maintenance on the computer upon verification of the identity of the individual via wireless communication between the first RFID communicator of the computer and the second RFID communicator of the tag regarding a maintenance access identifier stored within a memory of at least one of the first RFID communicator and the second RFID communicator; and
a mobile computing device including a third RFID wireless communicator in wireless communication with the second RFID wireless communicator of the tag and in communication with the first wireless RFID communicator of the computer, the mobile computing device including a second access manager configured to grant access to operate the mobile computing device to perform maintenance on the computer upon verification of the identity of the individual via wireless communication between the third RFID communicator of the mobile computing device and the second RFID communicator of the tag regarding the maintenance access identifier.
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Abstract
A maintenance control system comprises at least one electronics unit including a first wireless communicator, a second wireless communicator configured for association with an individual, and an authentication manager. The authentication manager authenticates access to the at least one electronics unit via wireless communication between the first wireless communicator and the second wireless communicator regarding a maintenance identifier stored within a memory of at least one of the first wireless communicator and the second wireless communicator.
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20 Claims
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1. A maintenance control system comprising:
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an electronic access area; a computer positioned in the electronic access area and including a first RFID communicator; a tag including a second RFID communicator and configured to be physically associated with an individual; a first access manager configured to grant access, upon presence of the second RFID communicator of the tag within the electronic access area, wherein the individual is granted access to perform maintenance on the computer upon verification of the identity of the individual via wireless communication between the first RFID communicator of the computer and the second RFID communicator of the tag regarding a maintenance access identifier stored within a memory of at least one of the first RFID communicator and the second RFID communicator; and a mobile computing device including a third RFID wireless communicator in wireless communication with the second RFID wireless communicator of the tag and in communication with the first wireless RFID communicator of the computer, the mobile computing device including a second access manager configured to grant access to operate the mobile computing device to perform maintenance on the computer upon verification of the identity of the individual via wireless communication between the third RFID communicator of the mobile computing device and the second RFID communicator of the tag regarding the maintenance access identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of monitoring access to a server, the method comprising:
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providing at least one server that includes a first RFID communicator; storing control information on at least a second RFID communicator tag that is configured to be physically associated with an individual, wherein the control information controls access to at least one server and the control information includes a maintenance access identifier; providing a mobile computing device that includes a third RFID communicator and that is configured to perform maintenance on the at least one server; preventing access to the mobile computing by the individual unless the control information is authenticated via wireless communication between the second RFID communicator tag and a third RFID communicator of the mobile computing device; and preventing access to the at least one server by the mobile computing device unless the control information is authenticated via wireless communication between the third RFID communicator of the mobile computing device and the first RFID communicator of the at least one server and authenticated via wireless communication between the second RFID communicator tag and the first RFID communicator of the at least one server. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer network comprising:
a plurality of computers; a plurality of computers, each computer including a first RFID communicator, wherein the first RFID communicator includes at least one of a RFID transceiver or a RFID transponder and stores a maintenance access identifier; a tag including a second RFID communicator configured to be in wireless communication with the first RFID communicator, wherein the tag is configured to be physically associated with an individual, a mobile computing device including a third RFID communicator configured to be in wireless communication with the first RFID communicator and the second RFID communicator, wherein the mobile computing device is configured to perform maintenance on the respective computers; and a manager configured to control access to each respective computer via wireless communication regarding the maintenance access identifier, wherein the manager is configured to grant access to the individual to operate the mobile computing device to perform maintenance on at least one of the respective computers upon verification of the identity of the individual via wireless communication between the third RFID communicator of the mobile computing device and the second RFID communicator of the tag regarding the maintenance access identifier, and upon verification of the identity of the individual via wireless communication between the third RFID communicator of the mobile computing device and the first RFID communicator of the respective computers regarding the maintenance access identifier. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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