Physical token based secured charge management of a user equipment
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsItzhack GOLDBERG, Harry R. MCGREGOR, Yossi MESIKA, Christopher B. MOORE
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Abstract
Embodiments for physical token based secured charge management of a user equipment (UE) by a processor. A power charging session is authorized by firmware of the UE for charging the UE upon detecting one or more physical authentication tokens within a selected area of a power charging source or on the power charging source itself, or combination thereof.
Claims20
A method for physical token based secured charge management of a user equipment (UE) by a processor, comprising:
- authorizing a power charging session by firmware of the UE for charging the UE upon detecting one or more physical authentication tokens within a selected area of a power charging source or on the power charging source itself, or combination thereof;
- and
- allowing an unauthorized charging session, prior to the authorizing, to charge the UE up to a pre-authorized charging limit comprising a predetermined percentage of charged capacity of the UE;
- wherein the unauthorized charging session is allowed prior to the authorizing upon detecting, by the firmware of the UE, that an unauthorized power charging source has been connected to the UE.
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A system for physical token based secured charge management of a user equipment (UE), comprising:
- a hardware processor, operational within and between a distributed computing environment, that:
- authorizes a power charging session by firmware of the UE for charging the UE upon detecting one or more physical authentication tokens within a selected area of a power charging source or on the power charging source itself, or combination thereof;
- and
- allows an unauthorized charging session, prior to the authorizing, to charge the UE up to a pre-authorized charging limit comprising a predetermined percentage of charged capacity of the UE;
- wherein the unauthorized charging session is allowed prior to the authorizing upon detecting, by the firmware of the UE, that an unauthorized power charging source has been connected to the UE.
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A computer program product for physical token based secured charge management of a user equipment (UE) by a processor, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:
- an executable portion that authorizes a power charging session by firmware of the UE for charging the UE upon detecting one or more physical authentication tokens within a selected area of a power charging source or on the power charging source itself, or combination thereof;
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- an executable portion that allows an unauthorized charging session, prior to the authorizing, to charge the UE up to a pre-authorized charging limit comprising a predetermined percentage of charged capacity of the UE;
- wherein the unauthorized charging session is allowed prior to the authorizing upon detecting, by the firmware of the UE, that an unauthorized power charging source has been connected to the UE.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.