Patent ID: 11962694
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A hardware-based non-transitory computer-readable memory device storing instructions, which, when executed by a processor in a computing device, cause the computing device to:
lock an operation of the computing device using a key, the key being initially generated based on an environmental factor of a set of environmental factors, the environmental factor associated with a permissible parameter that is used as a basis to grant or deny performance of the computing device operation;
retrieve real-time data for the environmental factor associated with the locked computing device operation;
determine that the real-time data comports with the permissible parameter;
grant performance by enabling the computing device to subsequently regenerate the key using the real-time data to unlock the computing device operation; and
perform the computing device operation.