Radio location based theft recovery mechanism
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1. A mobile system, comprising:
- a host chipset;
a locator subsystem connected to the host chipset and arranged to determine a current location of the mobile system; and
a main storage connected to the host chipset and arranged to store an operating system (OS) and contain an OS-Present application and/or a Pre-OS application configured to enforce security policies during user authentication, to access the locator subsystem and determine whether the mobile system may have been stolen or used inappropriately based on the security policies.
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Abstract
A mobile system is provided with a theft recovery mechanism. The mobile system comprises a host chipset; a locator subsystem connected to the host chipset and arranged to determine a current location of the mobile system; and a main storage connected to the host chipset and arranged to store an operating system (OS) and contain an OS-Present application and/or a Pre-OS application configured to enforce security policies during user authentication, to access the locator subsystem and determine whether the mobile system may have been stolen or used inappropriately based on the security policies.
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1. A mobile system, comprising:
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a host chipset;
a locator subsystem connected to the host chipset and arranged to determine a current location of the mobile system; and
a main storage connected to the host chipset and arranged to store an operating system (OS) and contain an OS-Present application and/or a Pre-OS application configured to enforce security policies during user authentication, to access the locator subsystem and determine whether the mobile system may have been stolen or used inappropriately based on the security policies. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26)
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15. A mobile system comprising:
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a host chipset;
a RF-based locator subsystem connected to the host chipset and arranged to determine a current location of the mobile system;
a main memory connected to the host chipset and arranged to store an operating system (OS) and an OS-Present application executed while the operating system (OS) is present; and
a flash memory connected to the host chipset and arranged to store a Pre-OS application executed during boot up before the operating system (OS) is loaded and configured to enforce security policies during user authentication, to access the RF-based locator subsystem and determine whether the mobile system may have been stolen or used inappropriately based on the security policies.
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24. A computer readable medium having stored thereon a set of system basic input/output start-up “
- system BIOS”
instructions configured in accordance with Intel®
Protected Access Architecture (IPAA) which, when executed by a processor during start-up, cause the processor to perform;
initializing and testing a system platform;
checking a Pre-OS security policy record for an approved trigger mechanism;
collecting location based information from the approved trigger mechanism;
determining if there is a violation of security policies during user authentication; and
if there is a violation of the security policies, making a decision that the mobile system may have been stolen or used inappropriately.
- system BIOS”
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