Apparatus and system for lost/stolen data storage device recovery
First Claim
1. A recoverable data storage apparatus, comprising:
- a hand-portable housing including an input/output (I/O) port;
a data storage means retained within the housing and operatively coupled with the input/output port; and
a client agent embodied as device-executable code residing on the data storage device and configured, when executed on a network-linked computing device, to establish communication with a remote server and to receive data indicating a possession status of the data storage apparatus.
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Abstract
A recoverable data storage apparatus including a hand-portable housing configured with an input/output (I/O) port presented outwardly therefrom, a data storage means retained within the housing and operatively coupled with the input/output port, and a client agent embodied as device-executable code residing on the data storage device and configured. When executed on a network-linked computing device, the client agent is configured to establish communication with a remote server and receive data indicating a possession status of the data storage apparatus. A device tracking system including a data network means, a hardware portion, and a software portion. The hardware portion includes at least, (1) a server device operatively coupled with the network means, and (2) a data storage device with an externally presented input/output port configured to operatively couple with a host device, and a software portion including. The software portion includes at least, (1) a data storage device tracking means configured to identify a data storage device based upon unique identification-relevant data included in a polling message received via the network means, and (2) a client agent stored as device executable code stored at a memory means operatively coupled with the data storage device, wherein the client agent is configured so operatively when coupled to cause a host device to transmit host device-relevant identifying data via the network means.
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38 Claims
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1. A recoverable data storage apparatus, comprising:
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a hand-portable housing including an input/output (I/O) port; a data storage means retained within the housing and operatively coupled with the input/output port; and a client agent embodied as device-executable code residing on the data storage device and configured, when executed on a network-linked computing device, to establish communication with a remote server and to receive data indicating a possession status of the data storage apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A data storage device tracking apparatus comprising;
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a server device operatively coupled with a network means, the server further operatively coupled with a memory means configured for data storage and retrieval; and a device tracking means embodied as server device-executable code stored at the memory means, the code configured to associate data storage device-relevant identification data with corresponding data storage device possession status-relevant data and further configured to cause the server to transmit via the network means to a data storage device data indicating the possession status of the data storage device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for recovering a lost or stolen data storage device, comprising:
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a server device operatively coupled with a network means, the server device including a device tracking means embodied as executable code stored at a memory means of the server device; and a hand-portable data storage device configured to operatively couple with a host device, the data storage device including a client agent embodied as executable code stored at a memory means of the data storage device and configured to poll the server device for possession status-relevant data while coupled with a host device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A device tracking system comprising:
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a data network means; a hardware portion comprising; a server device operatively coupled with the network means, and a data storage device with an externally presented input/output port configured to operatively couple with a host device; and a software portion comprising; a data storage device tracking means stored as server device-executable code at a memory means operatively coupled with the server device, wherein the tracking means is configured to identify a data storage device based upon unique identification-relevant data included in a polling message received via the network means, and a client agent stored as device executable code stored at a memory means operatively coupled with the data storage device, wherein the client agent is configured so operatively when coupled to cause a host device to transmit host device-relevant identifying data via the network means.
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