Patent ID: 8356348

Claim:
A computer system with an electronic lock comprising: an end-user unit having a communication port and an identification database coupling with the communication port and storing a plurality of identification codes; and a mobile unit having an identifying module with a logging code, with the mobile unit connecting with the end-user unit through the communication port to connect the identifying module with the identification database of the end-user unit; wherein: the mobile unit further comprises an authority module in connection with the identifying module, with the mobile unit coupled with the end-user unit, the end-user unit catches the logging code and executes an identifying process to determine whether the logging code is one of the plurality of identification codes in the identification database, and wherein the authority module has a plurality of limitation data corresponding to the plurality of identification codes, wherein each of the plurality of limitation data specifies at least one operation that a corresponding one of the identification codes performs on the end-user unit, wherein at least one allowable operation of the end-user unit is defined for each of the plurality of identification codes.