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System and method of wireless security authentication

  • US 8,312,559 B2
  • Filed: 01/26/2007
  • Issued: 11/13/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A wireless security authentication method executed by a computing system, comprising:

  • receiving, at the computing system, a user credential from a wireless security token that is external to the computing system;

    determining, by the computing system, validity of the user credential to enable use of the computing system, the user credential validated using an element powered by inductive coupling with the wireless security token, wherein the element is in the computing system, wherein the user credential is validated by the computing system before the computing system powers on and before a central processing unit (CPU) of the computing system is powered; and

    powering on the CPU and loading an operating system in response to validating the user credential.

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