Patent 11089475 was granted and assigned to Red Hat on August, 2021 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Aspects of the disclosure provide for mechanisms for booting and operating a computing device at a target location. A method of the disclosure includes: checking, using a first near-field communication (NFC) device associated with a computing device, presence of a second NFC device; in response to detecting the presence of the second NFC device, acquiring credential information from the second NFC device; performing a validation process to authenticate the second NFC device using the credential information; and performing a process for the computing device in response to authenticating the second NFC device. In some embodiments, the process may include a boot process for booting the computing device.