Electronic device with an antitheft function and method for preventing theft of electronic devices
First Claim
1. An electronic device comprising a wireless tag containing information enabling the electronic device to operate, and a control portion accessible to the wireless tag, wherein said information is written on the wireless tag by a wireless tag writer at a time of purchase of the electronic device;
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an electronic device with an antitheft function consisting of a wireless tag containing information enabling the electronic device to operate, and a control portion accessible to the wireless tag, where the control portion releases a lock of the electronic device when the electronic device is determined to be operable according to the information stored in the wireless tag. Also, the present invention includes a method for preventing theft of an electronic device that includes the steps of writing information enabling the electronic device to operate on a memory of a wireless tag by a wireless tag writer at the time of purchase of the electronic device, and determining if the electronic device is operable according to the information written on the wireless tag.
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16 Claims
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1. An electronic device comprising a wireless tag containing information enabling the electronic device to operate, and a control portion accessible to the wireless tag, wherein said information is written on the wireless tag by a wireless tag writer at a time of purchase of the electronic device;
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said control portion releases a lock of the electronic device when the electronic device is determined to be operable according to the information stored in the wireless tag. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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- 2. The electronic device according to clam 1, wherein said control portion requests to input a lock release code when the electronic device is determined to be inoperable according to the information stored in the wireless tag.
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6. An electronic device comprising a wireless tag containing information related to a serial number of the electronic device, and a control portion accessible to the wireless tag, wherein a lock release code according to the information related to the serial number stored in the wireless tag is further written on the wireless tag by a wireless tag writer at a time of purchase of the electronic device;
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said control portion releases a lock of the electronic device when the electronic device is determined to be operable according to the lock release code written on the wireless tag. - View Dependent Claims (7, 11)
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- 8. The electronic device according to clam 6, where said control portion requests to input the lock release code when the electronic device is determined to be inoperable according to the information stored in the wireless tag.
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12. A method for preventing theft of an electronic device comprising the steps of:
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writing information enabling the electronic device to operate on a memory of a wireless tag by a wireless tag writer at the time of purchase of the electronic device; and determining as to whether the electronic device is to be enabled or not according to the information written on the wireless tag. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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