Patent ID: 7607014

Claim:
A maintenance control system comprising: an electronic access area; a computer positioned in the electronic access area and including a first RFID communicator; a tag including a second RFID communicator and configured to be physically associated with an individual; a first access manager configured to grant access, upon presence of the second RFID communicator of the tag within the electronic access area, wherein the individual is granted access to perform maintenance on the computer upon verification of the identity of the individual via wireless communication between the first RFID communicator of the computer and the second RFID communicator of the tag regarding a maintenance access identifier stored within a memory of at least one of the first RFID communicator and the second RFID communicator; and a mobile computing device including a third RFID wireless communicator in wireless communication with the second RFID wireless communicator of the tag and in communication with the first wireless RFID communicator of the computer, the mobile computing device including a second access manager configured to grant access to operate the mobile computing device to perform maintenance on the computer upon verification of the identity of the individual via wireless communication between the third RFID communicator of the mobile computing device and the second RFID communicator of the tag regarding the maintenance access identifier.