Patent ID: 11899796
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An initialization geo-locking system, comprising:
a chassis;
a location determination subsystem that is located in the chassis;
an initialization management subsystem that is located in the chassis and coupled to the location determination subsystem, wherein the initialization management subsystem is configured, during a first initialization process that begins in response to receiving initialization power, to:
determine that geo-locking is activated;
cause, in response to determining that geo-locking is activated, power to be provided to the location determination subsystem;
identify, subsequent to the power being provided to the location determination subsystem, a first current location determined by the location determination subsystem;
determine that the first current location corresponds to an authorized initialization location stored in the initialization management subsystem to obtain a first geo-locking authentication factor;
transmit, in response to obtaining the first geo-locking authentication factor, a second geo-locking authentication factor request to a management system;
receive, from the management system in response to transmitting the second geo-locking authentication factor request, second geo-locking authentication factor information;
determine that the second geo-locking authentication factor information corresponds to authorized authentication information stored in the initialization management subsystem to obtain a second geo-locking authentication factor; and
allow, in response to obtaining the first geo-locking authentication factor and the second geo-locking authentication factor, the first initialization process to complete.