Patent ID: 7568225

Claim:
A system for remote security enablement, comprising: a trusted platform module (TPM) disposed on a user client; an administration client configured to, via a communication network: interface with the user client to authorize access to the TPM of the user client by the administration client; determine whether the TPM is enabled; interface with the TPM to determine whether ownership of the TPM has been previously established; where if ownership of the TPM has not been previously established, the administration client establishes ownership of the TPM; and where the administration client interfaces with the BIOS of the user client to determine whether taking ownership of the TPM by the administration client is enabled; and where the administration client is configured to access, via the communication network, the user client to enable the TPM on a re-boot of the user client, and wherein the user client is configured to request an input from a user of the user client on the re-boot corresponding to enablement of the TPM.