Patent ID: 8099734

Claim:
A computer device comprising: memory for storing a preselected code associated with a system power down instruction; a media interface including, means for detecting a presence of a portable data device, the portable data device including non-volatile data storage storing code data representative of the preselected code associated with a system power down instruction, and means for commencing data communication between the computer device and the portable data device; system power down instruction isolation means for isolating a system power down instruction in accordance with data communication between the computer device and the portable data device, the system power down instruction isolation means including, comparison means for comparing the preselected code with the code data, and means for isolating the system power down instruction in accordance with an output of the comparison means; and means adapted for commencing a system power down of the computer device in accordance with the system power down instruction; wherein the system power down instruction includes a restart instruction initiating a restart of the computer device after a soft shutdown.