Patent ID: 9262602
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A system comprising: a processor; a storage coupled to the processor and containing a basic input/output system (BIOS), the BIOS comprising a BIOS core, a user authentication and enforcement engine (AEE), and a plurality of preboot authentication modules associated with respective different types of user authentication devices, each of the plurality of preboot authentication modules comprising code to authenticate a user using a respective user authentication device of the different types of user authentication devices; and an extensible interface between the AEE and the plurality of preboot authentication modules, wherein the AEE is executable by the processor to: wherein the first preboot authentication module is executable by the processor to use the first dataset to authenticate the user using a first user authentication device, and the second preboot authentication module is executable by the processor to use the second dataset to authenticate the user using a second user authentication device.