US 12,248,619 B2
Disabling a tamper-prevention operation of an edge device in response to detection of an authorized person
Fred Allison Bower, III, Durham, NC (US); Caihong Zhang, Shanghai (CN); and Ming Lei, Shanghai (CN)
Filed by Lenovo Global Technology (United States) Inc., Morrisville, NC (US)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/706,374.
Prior Publication US 2023/0306143 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 21/88 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/86 (2013.01); G07C 9/28 (2020.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01)
CPC G06F 21/86 (2013.01) [G07C 9/28 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer program product comprising a non-volatile computer readable medium and non-transitory program instructions embodied therein, the program instructions being configured to be executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
monitoring a tamper-detection sensor of an edge device, wherein the edge device performs a tamper-prevention operation in response to an output signal from the tamper-detection sensor;
detecting entry of an authorized person into a facility where the edge device is located; and
automatically sending a disabling instruction to the edge device to cause the edge device to temporarily disable the tamper-prevention operation of the edge device in response to detecting entry of the authorized person into the facility where the edge device is located, wherein the tamper-prevention operation of the edge device includes performing a predetermined action to limit access to data stored by the edge device in response to an output signal from the tamper-detection sensor of the edge device indicating tampering with the edge device, and wherein the predetermined action is selected from triggering an automatic shutdown of the edge device, automatically disabling of a baseboard management controller network bridge through Up Link Ports, and/or automatically disabling the baseboard management controller network bridge through Wi-Fi Ports.