System and method for protecting a digital information appliance from environmental influences
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1. A method for protecting a digital information appliance from an environmental influence, comprising:
- detecting an environment influence;
evaluating an environmental influence trend based upon the detected environment influence; and
determining if the detected environmental influence trend is potentially harmful;
wherein the digital information appliance determines the environmental influence trend is potentially harmful, the digital information appliance is capable of protecting the digital information appliance.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system and method for protecting a digital information appliance from an environmental influence. The digital information appliance is capable of detecting an environmental influence and determining if the detected environmental influence is potentially harmful. If the detected environmental influence is potentially harmful, the digital information appliance is capable of protecting the digital information appliance.
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73 Claims
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1. A method for protecting a digital information appliance from an environmental influence, comprising:
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detecting an environment influence;
evaluating an environmental influence trend based upon the detected environment influence; and
determining if the detected environmental influence trend is potentially harmful;
wherein the digital information appliance determines the environmental influence trend is potentially harmful, the digital information appliance is capable of protecting the digital information appliance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
detecting movement of the digital information appliance; - and
determining if the movement is potentially harmful to the digital information appliance;
wherein the detected movement of the digital information appliance is determined to be potentially harmful, the digital information appliance responds to the potentially harmful movement.
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17. The method as described in claim 16, wherein the digital information appliance responds by issuing a warning.
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18. The method as described in claim 17, wherein the warning includes notifying a remote location of the potentially harmful environmental influence.
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19. The method as described in claim 18, wherein notifying includes placing a phone call to a predetermined number and playing a message notifying the remote location of the potentially harmful movement to the digital information appliance.
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20. The method as described in claim 16, wherein the potentially harmful movement is detected, the digital information appliance is capable of initiating a data saving routine.
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21. The method as described in claim 16, wherein the digital information appliance responds by placing at least one component included in the digital information appliance in a protected state so as to minimize damage to the component.
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22. The method as described in claim 21, wherein the component includes at least one of a hard drive, floppy drive and optical drive, positioning a read unit of the component so as not to damage at least one of the read unit and media.
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23. The method as described in claim 1, wherein an occurrence of an environmental influence is stored by a memory device.
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24. The method as described in claim 1, wherein protecting the digital information appliance corresponds to the type of environmental influence determined to be potentially harmful.
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25. A digital information appliance capable of responding to a potentially harmful environmental influence, the digital information appliance comprising:
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a processor for executing a program of instruction on the digital information appliance;
a sensor coupled to the processor, the sensor capable of detecting the environmental influence; and
a memory coupled to the processor for storing the program of instructions executable by at least one of said processor and said sensor wherein the program of instructions configured the digital information appliance to detect an environment influence;
evaluate an environmental influence trend based upon the detected environment influence; and
determine if the detected environmental influence trend is potentially harmful;
wherein the digital information appliance determines the environmental influence trend is potentially harmful, the digital information appliance is capable of protecting the digital information appliance. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
detecting movement of the digital information appliance; - and
determining if the movement is potentially harmful to the digital information appliance;
wherein the detected movement of the digital information appliance is determined to be potentially harmful, the digital information appliance responds to the potentially harmful movement.
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42. The digital information appliance as described in claim 41, wherein the digital information appliance responds by issuing a warning.
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43. The digital information appliance as described in claim 42, wherein the warning includes notifying a remote location of the potentially harmful environmental influence.
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44. The digital information appliance as described in claim 43, wherein notifying includes placing a phone call to a predetermined number and playing a message notifying the remote location of the potentially harmful movement to the digital information appliance.
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45. The digital information appliance as described in claim 41, wherein the potentially harmful movement is detected, the digital information appliance is capable of initiating a data saving routine.
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46. The digital information appliance as described in claim 41, wherein the digital information appliance responds by placing at least one component included in the digital information appliance in a protected state so as to minimize damage to the component.
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47. The digital information appliance as described in claim 46, wherein the component includes at least one of a hard drive, floppy drive and optical drive, positioning a read unit of the component so as not to damage at least one of the read unit and media.
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48. The digital information appliance as described in claim 25, wherein an occurrence of an environmental influence is stored by a memory device.
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49. The digital information appliance as described in claim 25, wherein protecting the digital information appliance corresponds to the type of environmental influence determined to be potentially harmful.
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50. A digital information appliance capable of responding to a potentially harmful movement, the digital information appliance comprising:
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a processor for executing a program of instructions on the digital information appliance;
a sensor coupled to the processor, the sensor capable of detecting movement; and
a memory coupled to the processor for storing the program of instructions executable by at least one of said processor and said sensor wherein the program of instructions configures the digital information appliance to detect movement of the digital information appliance; and
determine if the movement is potentially harmful to the digital information appliance;
wherein the detected movement of the digital information appliance is determined to be potentially harmful, the digital information appliance responds to the potentially harmful movement. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. A method for protecting a digital information appliance from an environmental influence, comprising:
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detecting an environment influence; and
determining if the detected environmental influence is potentially harmful;
wherein the digital information appliance determines the environmental influence is potentially harmful, the digital information appliance is capable of protecting the digital information appliance by initiating a data saving routine wherein the data saving routine is capable of saving data contained in the digital information appliance so as to protect the data. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62, 63, 64)
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65. A method for protecting a digital information appliance from an environmental influence, comprising:
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detecting an environment influence including at least one of a potentially harmful cold temperature and potentially harmful cold temperature trend; and
determining if the detected environmental influence is potentially harmful;
wherein the digital information appliance determines the environmental influence is potentially harmful, the digital information appliance is capable of protecting the digital information appliance by initiating a warming procedure. - View Dependent Claims (66, 67, 68)
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69. A method for protecting a digital information appliance from an environmental influence, comprising:
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detecting an environment influence; and
determining if the detected environmental influence is potentially harmful;
wherein the digital information appliance determines the environmental influence is potentially harmful, the digital information appliance is capable suspending operation of at least one component included in the information handling system that contributes to the environmental condition. - View Dependent Claims (70)
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71. A method for protecting a digital information appliance from an environmental influence, comprising:
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detecting an environment influence including at least one of barometric pressure, particulate matter and magnetic field; and
determining if the detected environmental influence is potentially harmful;
wherein the digital information appliance determines the environmental influence is potentially harmful, the digital information appliance is capable of protecting the digital information appliance. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73)
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