Patent ID: 9355278
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A chassis comprising: a first removable computing component; a first physical locking device configured to prevent removal of the first computing component when in a locked state and configured to allow removal of the first removable computing component when in an unlocked state, the first physical locking device being controllable, via a first communicational connection, to transition between the locked state and the unlocked state, wherein the first physical locking device comprises a manual override that manually transitions the first physical locking device between the locked state and the unlocked state and overrides a prior state of the first physical locking device established via the first communicational connection; and a chassis computing device communicationally coupled to the first physical locking device via the first communicational connection, the chassis computing device configured to perform steps comprising: wherein the generated first output causes the first physical locking device to transition to, or remain in, the unlocked state if the determined physical access rights of the user do include physical access rights to the first removable computing component.