Patent · US Active

Electronic device security and tracking system and method

US8506649B2 · kind B2 · utility

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21References

25Claims

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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 Varghese · Houston, US
Thomas David Tucker · Austin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 11, 2006
Grant date	Aug 13, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 20, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W12/126
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical 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.

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