Testing device for removing customer personal information from an electronic device

US10102381B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• FedEx Supply Chain Logistics & Electronics, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Brian Gventer · Fort Worth, US
• Ken Nguyen · Fort Worth, US
• Kevin Asbury · Howe, US
• Joel McCarty · Oklahoma City, US
• Mike Lowry · Fort Worth, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 1, 2013
• Grant date: Oct 16, 2018
• Expiry date: Dec 25, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02W90/00
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A testing device, system, and method for removing customer personal information (CPI). The testing device includes a user interface for communicating information and receiving user input. The testing device also includes interfaces operable to communicate with the one or more electronic devices. The testing device also includes a memory configured to store a libraries providing information for removing CPI from electronic devices including a number of makes, models, and configurations. The testing device also includes logic operable to utilize the libraries to analyze CPI included on the one or more electronic devices, record an identification of the one or more electronic devices in response to determining the CPI is present on the one or more electronic devices, remove the CPI from the one or more electronic devices in response to determining the CPI is present on the one or more electronic devices, and report the identification and CPI information of the one or more electronic devices in response to determining the CPI was present on the one or more electronic devices.