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TRACKING, IDENTIFICATION, AND SECURITY SYSTEM FOR A PORTABLE DEVICE

  • US 20090315714A1
  • Filed: 06/20/2008
  • Published: 12/24/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing security for a portable electronic device, the portable electronic device including an embeddable security device, the method comprising:

  • an act of transmitting a first signal to a remote portable device to determine whether the embeddable security device and the remote portable device are proximate one another;

    in response to determining that the embeddable security device and the remote portable device are not proximate, an act of determining an amount of time that the embeddable security device and the remote portable device are not proximate one another; and

    an act of transmitting a second signal in response to the embeddable security device and the remote portable device being not proximate for a predetermined amount of time, the second signal being configured to activate an external alarm system to thereby cause the external alarm system to emit an alarm signal.

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