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Access to a computing environment by computing devices

  • US 8,984,291 B2
  • Filed: 03/23/2006
  • Issued: 03/17/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for managing access of a computing device to a plurality of assets of a computing environment, the method comprising:

  • providing at least one credential at the computing device, the at least one credential identifying both the computing device and a user of the computing device;

    storing data at the computing environment relating to the computing device and the user in association with the at least one credential, the data indicating which of the assets the computing device is permitted to access when the at least one credential is authenticated;

    the computing device communicating the at least one credential to the computing environment;

    the computing environment selectively granting an access request received from the computing device in accordance with the data stored at the computing environment in association with the at least one credential and in accordance with a status the computing environment determined for the at least one credential communicated by the computing device;

    flagging the data at the computing environment and associated with the at least one credential as being inactive in response to a reported loss, theft, or decommissioning of the computing device identified by the at least one credential; and

    the computing environment denying the access request in the event that the computing environment determines that the computing device identified with the at least one credential associated is inactive.

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