Patent ID: 11907382
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method performed by an accessory device, comprising:
receiving a host access policy management command and authentication information from a host computing device that is connected to the accessory device, the host access policy management command indicating that a host access policy be set on, modified on, or removed from the accessory device, the host access policy specifying whether a host computing device that is subsequently connected to the accessory device is to be provided access to each of one or more computing resources accessible to the accessory device;
determining whether the authentication information is valid;
in response to at least determining that the authentication information is valid, executing the host access policy management command; and
in response to at least determining that the authentication information is not valid, denying execution of the host access policy management command.