Patent ID: 11954195
Assignee: FTS FOREST TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A computer system for protecting access to one or more shared hardware devices using multi-level authentication with a hardware device password that is invisible to a user, the system comprising a mobile device, additional mobile devices, a cloud computing storage and the shared hardware device, the mobile device including: a memory, the memory storing one or more invisible passwords; an application in the memory; a wireless interface for communicating with the shared hardware device; and a processor coupled to the memory, the application and the wireless interface, the additional mobile devices each including a memory; an application in the memory, wherein the application is the same application as on the mobile device; a wireless interface for communicating with the shared hardware device and the cloud computing storage; and a processor coupled to the wireless interface and the memory, wherein the cloud computing storage is for storing the one or more invisible passwords and the hardware device identifier and is configured to provide the invisible password to the mobile devices, the shared hardware device including: a memory; a wireless interface for communicating with the mobile devices; and a processor coupled to the memory and the wireless interface; wherein the processor in the mobile devices are configured to receive a unique hardware device identifier from the processor in the shared hardware device; wherein the application in the mobile devices is configured to select, based upon the unique hardware device identifier, the invisible password for the shared hardware device; and the processor in the shared hardware device is configured to authenticate the application upon receipt of the invisible password, thereby protecting access using multi-level authentication.