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US 5,838,306 AGranted
Mouse with security feature
AssigneeDell USA, L.P.
InventorsClint O'Connor, Erica Scholder
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AssigneeDell USA, L.P.
InventorsClint O'Connor, Erica Scholder
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A mouse computer input peripheral device includes a window area integrally constructed within the mouse and positioned at an area on the mouse upon which a user normally places a finger in operating the mouse. The mouse further includes an illuminating device and a light sensitive detection device for providing a user signature signal representative of the characteristics of the ridge and valley pattern of the fingerprint of a finger placed upon the window area. The signature signal is transmitted to the BIOS within the computer system in which the mouse is operating and compared with one or more stored patterns which have previously been authorized for access to the computer system. When the user's signature signal is compared with and matches one of the stored and approved signature signals, the system is enabled and the user is granted access.
A peripheral device for inputting information and allowing access to a computer system by a user, the computer system including a main housing for housing computer processing circuitry, the device comprising:
A method for obtaining security clearance to enable a user to have access to one or more applications on a computer system, said computer system having a main housing and having a peripheral input device separate from said main housing for inputting information to said computer system, said peripheral input device housing memory circuitry and processing circuitry therein, said method comprising the steps of:
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