Patent ID: 8403214

Claim:
An apparatus comprising a storage medium that includes software that when executed by the apparatus directs the apparatus to: perform a security check that results in a determination that a user of a communication device is authorized to access the communication device, wherein performing the security check includes: (i) obtaining an identifier from a security device, wherein the security device comprises one of a least two security devices, and wherein the identifier comprises a code, the code having a first value when the identifier is obtained from a first of the at least two security devices, and the code having a second value when the identifier is obtained from a second of the at least two security devices; and (ii) based at least in part on the value of the code, determining whether the security device from which the identifier is obtained comprises at least one of the first and the second security devices; and provide to the user of the communication device access to the communication device based at least in part on the determination that the user is authorized to access the communication device.