Patent ID: 6925562
Filing Date: 2005-08-02
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. Method for switching a computer system ( 11 ; 21 ; 60 ), which is connectable via a communication interface ( 64 ) and a network ( 12 ; 22 ; 62 ) to a server module ( 13 ; 23 ; 61 ), into a special mode of operation, the method comprising the steps: a. exhausting step-by-step a credit of a credit counter ( b. switching the computer system ( c. sending an identifier (w) assigned to the computer system ( d. receiving a token (S) issued by the server module ( e. verifying the validity of the token (S); and f. if the token (S) is valid, then extracting a credit (C) from the token (S) and updating the credit counter (