Electronic device security and tracking system and method

US7590837B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Softex, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Apurva Mahendrakumar Bhansali · Austin, US
• Manoj Kumar Jain · Austin, US
• Shradha Dube · Austin, US
• Gayathri Rangarajan · Austin, US
• Mehul Ramjibhai Patel · Austin, US
• Rayesh Kashinath Raikar · Austin, US
• Kamal Mansukhlal Dhanani · Austin, US
• Ranjit Kapila · Austin, US
• Elza Abraham · Houston, US
• Thomas David Tucker · Austin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 23, 2004
• Grant date: Sep 15, 2009
• Expiry date: Aug 23, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W12/126
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for securing and tracking an electronic device. The system includes hardware, software and firmware components that cooperate to allow tracking, disabling, and other interaction with the stolen electronic device. The system includes an application component, non-viewable component and Basic Input/Output Subsystem (BIOS) component that are present on the electronic device. The BIOS component maintains the secured environment of the application and non-viewable components. If only the application component was provided, a simple low level format of the hard disk drive would remove the application and bypass the security features. The system implements an “application and BIOS” based solution to electronic device security.