Patent ID: 8850220
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: monitoring, by a first module of a mobile device, for boot-up of the mobile device from a device peripheral to the mobile device, the first module being operated by a first processor of the mobile device, in an application execution environment operated by the first processor; on detection of a boot-up by the first module, prompting, by the first module, for a biometric token; on receiving a biometric token in response to the prompting, transmitting to a second module operated by a second processor of the mobile device, by the first module, the received biometric token, the first and second processors being operationally independent; and on receiving the biometric token from the first module, determining, by the second module of the mobile device whether to permit the boot-up to proceed, based at least in part on the received biometric token.