Proximity Boot Control Using Light-Based Communications

A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored therein program code of one or more software programs, wherein the program code when executed by at least one processing device causes the at least one processing device:

• to maintain information associated with at least one device, wherein the maintained information identifies at least one designated location for the at least one device;
• to obtain a request from the at least one device to perform a boot process, wherein the request is transmitted by the at least one device using light emitted by one or more light sources associated with a light-based network;
• to identify a current location of the at least one device based on the request;
• and
• to determine whether to allow the at least one device to perform the boot process based at least in part on the maintained information and the current location.

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory;
• the at least one processing device being configured:
• to maintain information associated with at least one device, wherein the maintained information identifies at least one designated location for the at least one device;
• to obtain a request from the at least one device to perform a boot process, wherein the request is transmitted by the at least one device using light emitted by one or more light sources associated with a light-based network;
• to identify a current location of the at least one device based on the request;
• and
• to determine whether to allow the at least one device to perform the boot process based at least in part on the maintained information and the current location.