Portable electronic device comprising an integrated lock mechanism
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsDAVID FRANKLIN DEHAAN, RANDY CLARK INCH, CARLOS JACOBO LUJAN
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Abstract
An article of manufacture, such as a laptop computer, comprising a housing, a processor disposed within the housing, a computer readable medium disposed within the housing and in communication with the processor, a lock mechanism disposed within the housing, wherein the lock mechanism can be moved between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration, and computer readable program code encoded in the computer readable medium and useable with the processor, the computer readable program code comprising a series of computer readable program steps to effect moving the lock mechanism between the locked configuration and the unlocked configuration.
Claims25
An article of manufacture, comprising:
- a housing;
- a processor disposed within said housing;
- a computer readable medium disposed within said housing and in communication with said processor;
- a lock mechanism disposed within said housing, wherein said lock mechanism can be moved between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration;
- computer readable program code encoded in said computer readable medium and useable with said processor, the computer readable program code comprising a series of computer readable program steps to effect moving said lock mechanism between said locked configuration and said unlocked configuration.
The article of manufacture of claim 12, further comprising a data input device in communication with said processor, wherein said computer readable program code to receive Proffered Security Information further comprises a series of computer readable program steps to effect receiving said Proffered Security Information from said data input device.
The article of manufacture of claim 15, wherein said data input device is selected from the group comprising a dialog box to receive a password, a fingerprint scanner, an iris scanner, a voiceprint receiver, and a touch pad surface to receive a handwriting exemplar.
A computer program product encoded in a computer readable medium disposed within an electronic device comprising:
- a housing;
- a programmable processor disposed within said housing;
- a lock mechanism disposed within said housing, wherein said lock mechanism can be moved between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration;
- computer readable program code which causes said programmable processor to move said lock mechanism between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.