Patent ID: 7222361
Filing Date: 2007-05-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A secure computer device, comprising: a client database locally-authenticating a user of the device; means for granting previously authorized access to the device if the user is locally authenticated; means for generating a remote authentication request; a server database remotely-authenticating the user in response to the authentication request after a successful local authentication; means for granting access to new activities and control parameters on the computer device if remote authentication is successful; means for allowing continued work on authorized activity; means for denying access to new activities until the authorized activity is completed; means for storing identification data from a subsequent user while a previous user's activity is being completed and updating the client database according to results of the local and remote authentications; and means for limiting a number of times that a particular client database and/or record in any, or all, of the client databases will be updated during any period of time and/or total number of updates.