Method for protecting data

• US 20080284561A1
• Filed: 05/14/2007
• Published: 11/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Original Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Inventors: Chang, Ting-Chuan, Chang, Hung-Ju, Chiang, Chi-Fen, Hung, Yu-Mei, Li, Ching Hui
• Application Number:
  US11/798,357
• Publication Number:
  US 20080284561A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.6
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2015 Redundant power supplies power supply failure G06F1/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/62 Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/78 to assure secure storage of data address-based protection against unauthorised use of memory G06F12/14; record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings G06K19/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/81 by operating on the power supply, e.g. enabling or disabling power-on, sleep or resume operations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/88 Detecting or preventing theft or loss
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2143 Clearing memory, e.g. to prevent the data from being stolen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2153 Using hardware token as a secondary aspect
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/033 of the user plane, e.g. user's traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/126 Anti-theft arrangements, e.g. protection against subscriber identity module [SIM] cloning

Abstract

The present invention is to provide a method for protecting data applied to an electronic communication device, which enables the electronic communication device to receive a wireless signal containing a data output instruction transmitted by a user of the electronic communication device when the electronic communication device is stolen or lost, output a plurality of preset protected data stored in the electronic communication device to an external storage device, and delete the preset protected data from the electronic communication device so that the preset protected data no more exists in the electronic communication device and can'"'"'t be used by others who picked up or stole the electronic communication device.

Claims

1. A method for protecting data, applied to an electronic communication device, the method for protecting data comprising the steps of:

receiving a wireless signal;

performing a decoding calculation to the wireless signal, and determining whether or not the wireless signal is a data output instruction;

when it is determined that the wireless signal is a data output instruction, then outputting a plurality of preset protected data; and

deleting the preset protected data.

2. The method for protecting data as set forth in claim 1, wherein the step of determining whether the wireless signal is a data output instruction comprises:

determining whether or not there is an output flag existed in a plurality of bites of the wireless signal;

determining that the received wireless signal is a data output instruction when there is the output flag existed in the bites; and

determining that the received wireless signal is an ordinary signal when there isn'"'"'t the output flag existed in the bites.

3. The method for protecting data as set forth in claim 2, wherein the ordinary signal is a signal switching instruction.

4. The method for protecting data as set forth in claim 2, wherein the ordinary signal is a voice signal.

5. The method for protecting data as set forth in claim 2, wherein the ordinary signal is a text signal.

6. The method for protecting data as set forth in claim 1, wherein the step of outputting the preset protected data comprises:

reading a data protecting table from a database;

according to at least one protecting group of the data protecting table to fetch a data of the at least one protecting group, and defining the data of the at least one protecting group as the plurality of preset protected data; and

outputting the plurality of preset protected data to an external storage device.

7. The method for protecting data as set forth in claim 6, wherein the protecting group is a contact book of the electronic communication device.

8. The method for protecting data as set forth in claim 6, wherein the protecting group is a photo album of the electronic communication device.

9. The method for protecting data as set forth in claim 6, wherein the protecting group is a calendar of the electronic communication device.

10. The method for protecting data as set forth in claim 6, wherein the protecting group is a short message of the electronic communication device.

11. The method for protecting data as set forth in claim 1, wherein the decoding calculation comprises converting the wireless signal from a high frequency signal to a basic frequency signal.