Patent ID: 8990899
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: storing in a memory information on a first validity range comprising position coordinates for a service authorization module seeking to access a computing system; storing in the memory information on a second validity range comprising position coordinates for a location authorization extension for a computing system, wherein the local authorization extension has a validation memory adapted for storing a key indicative of an image of a virtual machine to be executed under control of a hypervisor on the computing system and for storing the first validity range; determining from a first receiver of the service authorization module a first position signal; determining from a second receiver of the location authorization extension a second position signal; determining from the first position signal whether the service authorization module is within the first validity range; determining from the second position signal whether the local authorization extension is within the second validity range; and granting the service authorization module access to the computing system in response to determining that the service authorization module is within the first validity range and the local authorization extension is within the second validity range.