PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE WITH DATA ENCRYPTION AND DESTRUCTION
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Abstract
A device and software utilizing Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) technologies for monitoring and recovering portable computing devices and, a method and system for acquiring such devices, protecting data on such devices, and for compensating owners of devices. A GPS mechanism of the invention provides real time tracking of missing devices that may be coordinated with security agencies to intercept and recover missing computing devices. When a stolen device is unrecoverable, the invention may receive a signal to initiate data recovery where a wireless network is available to recover data for the owner. Alternatively, the GPS mechanism instructs the device to encrypt or destroy stored data files to prevent commercial espionage or privacy violations. The invention discloses a software system and method for computing a purchase price of the GPS mechanism, computing compensation for loss of the device and lost data.
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30 Claims
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11. A system for data protection for a portable computing device, the system comprising:
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a user interface configured to receive a data protection user input; and a wireless communication device to; send an alert signal to the portable computing device, the alert signal indicating that the portable computing device is lost, wherein the portable computing device identifies a geographic location of the portable computing device via a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver of the portable computing device in response to receipt of the alert signal, send a data protection signal to the portable computing device in response to receipt of the data protection user input, wherein the portable computing device modifies one or more data files stored at the portable computing device as identified in the data protection user input in response to receipt of the data protection signal, thereby preventing access to the one or more data files, and receive a response from the portable computing device indicating the geographic location of the portable computing device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for data protection for a portable computing device, the method comprising:
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maintaining stored data at a memory of the portable computing device; wirelessly receiving an alert signal at a wireless communication assembly of the portable computing device, the alert signal indicating that the portable computing device is lost; wirelessly receiving a data protection signal at the wireless communication assembly of the portable computing device, the alert signal indicating that access to the stored data should be prevented; identifying a geographic location of the portable computing device via a Global Positioning Service (GPS) receiver of the portable computing device; transmitting the geographic location to an authorized user device via the wireless communication assembly in response to the alert signal at the wireless communication assembly; and modifying the stored data in response to receipt of the data protection signal at the wireless communication assembly, thereby preventing access to the stored data. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for data protection for a portable computing device, the method comprising:
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maintaining stored data at a memory of the portable computing device; wirelessly receiving an alert signal at a wireless communication assembly of the portable computing device, the alert signal indicating that the portable computing device is lost; wirelessly receiving a data protection signal at the wireless communication assembly of the portable computing device, the alert signal indicating that access to the stored data should be prevented; identifying a geographic location of the portable computing device via a Global Positioning Service (GPS) receiver of the portable computing device; transmitting the geographic location to an authorized user device via the wireless communication assembly in response to the alert signal at the wireless communication assembly; and modifying the stored data in response to receipt of the data protection signal at the wireless communication assembly, thereby preventing access to the stored data.
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