Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic device security and tracking system and method
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Application No.: US11484100Application Date: 2006-07-11
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Publication No.: US08506649B2Publication Date: 2013-08-13
- Inventor: Apurva Mahendrakumar Bhansali , Manoj Kumar Jain , Shradha Dube , Gayathri Rangarajan , Mehul Ramjibhai Patel , Rayesh Kashinath Raikar , Kamal Mansukhlal Dhanani , Ranjit Kapila , Elza Abraham Varghese , Thomas David Tucker
- Applicant: Apurva Mahendrakumar Bhansali , Manoj Kumar Jain , Shradha Dube , Gayathri Rangarajan , Mehul Ramjibhai Patel , Rayesh Kashinath Raikar , Kamal Mansukhlal Dhanani , Ranjit Kapila , Elza Abraham Varghese , Thomas David Tucker
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: Softex Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Softex Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agency: Chowdhury & Georgakis, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F1/26
- IPC: G06F1/26

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060253904A1 Electronic device security and tracking system and method Public/Granted day:2006-11-09
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