Disable a feature of a computing machine
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorRichard H. Hodge
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Abstract
Managing a computing machine including detecting a signal to disable a feature of the computing machine through an interface of the computing machine, identifying at least one component of the computing machine utilized by the feature in response to receiving the signal, and accessing a hardware switch corresponding to at least one of the identified components to disable the feature.
Claims19
A method for managing a computing machine comprising:
- detecting a signal to disable a feature of the computing machine through an interface of the computing machine;
- authenticating a device in response to the computing machine receiving the signal to disable the feature from the device;
- identifying at least one component of the computing machine utilized by the feature in response to receiving the signal;
- and
- accessing a component switch corresponding to at least one of the identified components to disable the feature.
The method for managing a computing machine of claim further comprising disabling at least one of the identified components in response to accessing the component switch.
A computing machine comprising:
- an interface component to detect a signal to manage a feature of the computing machine;
- at least one component to support the feature;
- a component switch to disable and enable at least one of the components;
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- a processor to authenticate a device in response to the computing machine detecting the signal to disable the feature from the device and access the component switch to disable the feature in response to identifying at least one component to disable based on the signal.
A non-transitory computer-readable program in a computer-readable medium comprising:
- a feature application to detect a signal to disable a feature of a computing machine through an interface of the computing machine;
- wherein the feature application authenticates a device in response to the computing machine detecting the signal to disable the feature from the device;
- wherein the feature application identifies at least one component of the computing machine configured to support the feature;
- and
- wherein the feature application disables the feature by accessing a component switch corresponding to at least one of the identified components.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.