Patent ID: 9125050
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for secure near field communication (NFC) locking of a server information handling system, the method comprising: associating a private key with a predetermined end user; inputting the private key to an NFC application executing on a portable information handling system, the portable information handling system having an NFC device; applying the private key at the portable information handling system to encrypt access information; communicating the access information from the NFC application through the NFC device with an NFC communication to the server information handling system; and actuating a lock at the server information handling system in response to the access information, the lock releasing a physical component of the server information handling system to allow access by the predetermined end user; wherein applying the private key at the portable information handling system to encrypt access information further comprises: applying the private key at the server information handling system to decrypt the access information, the access information including at least a user name and a password; retrieving access privileges associated with the user name and password by a baseboard management controller communication to a security database; and automatically actuating the lock if the user name and password match an authorized user name and password with a physical access privilege; wherein automatically actuating the lock further comprises: determining that the physical access privilege authorizes access to some but not all of plural locks associated with a server information handling system; and automatically actuating only locks authorized with the physical access privilege of the user name and password; and wherein the locks authorized with the physical access privilege include a bezel lock and exclude a storage device lock.