US Patent:
20130291064, Oct 31, 2013
Inventors:
Cemil J. Ayvaz - Houston TX, US
Jorge Daniel Cisneros - Houston TX, US
Lee A. Preimesberger - Houston TX, US
International Classification:
G06F 21/22
Abstract:
A method includes upon receiving a request from a user to perform an operation on a device that is running under an operating system, authenticating the user on the basis of credential data that is retrieved from a data storage unit that is associated with a lights-out management (LOM) capability of the device. If authentication of the user is successful, the user is enabled to perform the operation.