Hardware access and monitoring control
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, with instructions thereon that are executable by a computer to:
- maintain a list of devices coupled to a computer;
when the computer is attached to a power source, but regardless of whether the computer is in a powered on state, determine if each device in the list is communicatively coupled to the computer; and
upon determining a device in the list is not physically coupled to the computer, send a notice over a network via a network interface device of the computer to a premises security system that the device is not communicatively coupled to the computer, the premises security system controlling ingress and egress from a premises within which the computer is located, wherein the notice includes data identifying one or more users of the computer, the notice to cause the premises security system to prevent egress from the premises of at least the one or more users of the computer.
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Abstract
Various embodiments described and illustrated here include one or more of systems, methods, software, and data structures that may be used to implement policies for hardware access and monitoring control in concert with a premises security system that controls ingress and egress of a facility. One embodiment includes identifying when certain devices are removed or decoupled from a computer and preventing one or more users of that computer from leaving a facility within which the computer is located.
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17 Claims
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, with instructions thereon that are executable by a computer to:
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maintain a list of devices coupled to a computer; when the computer is attached to a power source, but regardless of whether the computer is in a powered on state, determine if each device in the list is communicatively coupled to the computer; and upon determining a device in the list is not physically coupled to the computer, send a notice over a network via a network interface device of the computer to a premises security system that the device is not communicatively coupled to the computer, the premises security system controlling ingress and egress from a premises within which the computer is located, wherein the notice includes data identifying one or more users of the computer, the notice to cause the premises security system to prevent egress from the premises of at least the one or more users of the computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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maintaining, in a memory of a computer, a list of devices coupled to the computer; when the computer is attached to a power source, but regardless of whether the computer is in a powered on state, determining if each device in the list is communicatively coupled to the computer, the determining including a controller of the computer requesting and receiving property data from devices coupled to the computer and the controller of the computer comparing the received property data with the list of devices coupled to the computer; and upon the controller determining a device in the list is not physically coupled to the computer, sending a notice over a network via a network interface device of the computer to a premises security system that the device is not communicatively coupled to the computer, the premises security system controlling ingress and egress from a premises within which the computer is located, wherein the notice includes data identifying one or more users of the computer, the notice to cause the premises security system to prevent egress from the premises of at least the one or more users of the computer. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system comprising:
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a bus; a network interface device coupled to the bus; a device coupled to the system; a processor coupled to the bus and including an out-of-band controller, wherein the out-of-band controller is configured to operate when the system is attached to the power source even when the system is turned off to; identify the device has been decoupled from the system; access a stored list of devices coupled to the system, the stored list including permissions data with regard to at least one device indicating the at least one device is not to be decoupled from the system; compare property data of the device decoupled from the system to the stored list of devices coupled to the system; upon determining the device decoupled from the system is one of the at least one devices that is not to be decoupled from the system, send a notice over a network via the network interface device to a premises security system indicating the device has been decoupled from the system, the premises security system controlling ingress and egress from a premises within which the system is located, wherein the notice includes data identifying one or more users of the system, the notice to cause the premises security system to prevent egress from the premises of at least the one or more users of the system. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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