Mobile-phone repairing system

• US 20070032227A1
• Filed: 08/03/2005
• Published: 02/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Inventors: Chen, Chung-Hsin
• Application Number:
  US11/195,808
• Publication Number:
  US 20070032227A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/126 Anti-theft arrangements, e.g. protection against subscriber identity module [SIM] cloning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/71 Hardware identity

Abstract

A mobile-phone repairing system includes a server; a lost registration terminal for receiving a report based on a specific identification when a mobile phone is stolen or gets lost such that an IMEI of the lost mobile phone is transmitted to the server for storing thereat; a mobile-phone repairing terminal for reading an individual IEMI of a mobile phone being repaired and transmitting the individual IEMI to the server; and a comparison module disposed in the server for comparing the individual IEMI with respect to the IMEI sent by the lost registration terminal. The comparison module generates an alarm signal in case matching coincidence occurs between the individual IEMI and the IEMI.

Claims

1. A mobile-phone repairing system:

a server;

a lost registration terminal for receiving a report based on a specific identification when a mobile phone is stolen or gets lost such that an IMEI of said lost mobile phone is transmitted to said server for storing thereat;

a mobile-phone repairing terminal for reading an individual IEMI of a mobile phone being repaired and transmitting said individual IEMI to said server; and

a comparison module disposed in said server for comparing said individual IEMI with respect to said IMEI sent by said lost registration terminal, said comparison module generating an alarm signal in case matching coincidence occurs between said individual IEMI and said IEMI.

2. The mobile-phone repairing system according to claim 1, wherein said specific identification is a bar code printed on a package enclosing said lost mobile phone initially.

3. The mobile-phone repairing system according to claim 1, wherein said specific identification is a voucher issued during purchase of said lost mobile phone.

4. The mobile-phone repairing system according to claim 1, wherein said specific identification is a warranty certificate issued during purchase of said lost mobile phone.

5. The mobile-phone repairing system according to claim 1, wherein said mobile-phone repairing terminal includes a scanning device for scanning and reading said individual IEMI of said mobile phone being repaired.

6. The mobile-phone repairing system according to claim 1, further comprising a connecting device interconnecting said mobile-phone repairing terminal and said server for communication therebetween so that said individual IEMI is transmitted to said server via said connecting device.

7. The mobile-phone repairing system according to claim 1, wherein said alarm signal is a refusal for not returning said lost mobile phone.

8. The mobile-phone repairing system according to claim 1, further comprising a law enforcing unit in communication with said server, said database transmitting said alarm signal to said law enforcing unit.

9. The mobile-phone repairing system according to claim 1, wherein said lost registration terminal immediately establishes a list of lost mobile phones upon receiving said report, said lost list including a name of a person using said lost mobile phone prior to being stolen, said server transmitting said alarm signal to said person.