Theft management system and method
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving an out-of-band (OOB) notification indicative of theft of a computing device;
transmitting a theft message representative of the theft to the computing device via a wireless wide area network, wherein at least one component of the computing device is disabled in response to receipt of the theft message,wherein the theft message is detected based on filtering of an incoming Short Message Service (SMS) message, wherein an application header of the SMS message is examined for a vendor identifier in response to receipt of the incoming SMS message and the incoming SMS message is determined to be the theft message if the vendor identifier matches a pre-configured vendor identifier, wherein receiving the notification or transmitting the theft message is performed at a theft management server, a service organization, or combinations thereof from or to the computing device via a 3G network, wherein the computing device comprises a manageability engine to transmit a message indicative of the disabled state of the computing device to the theft management server, and wherein the theft management server and the computing device send and receive messages without dependency on a user or host operating system of the computing device.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for theft management are described. In an embodiment an out-of-band notification is received, indicative of theft of a computing device. In response, a theft message is delivered to the computing device using a wireless wide area network. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving an out-of-band (OOB) notification indicative of theft of a computing device; transmitting a theft message representative of the theft to the computing device via a wireless wide area network, wherein at least one component of the computing device is disabled in response to receipt of the theft message, wherein the theft message is detected based on filtering of an incoming Short Message Service (SMS) message, wherein an application header of the SMS message is examined for a vendor identifier in response to receipt of the incoming SMS message and the incoming SMS message is determined to be the theft message if the vendor identifier matches a pre-configured vendor identifier, wherein receiving the notification or transmitting the theft message is performed at a theft management server, a service organization, or combinations thereof from or to the computing device via a 3G network, wherein the computing device comprises a manageability engine to transmit a message indicative of the disabled state of the computing device to the theft management server, and wherein the theft management server and the computing device send and receive messages without dependency on a user or host operating system of the computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system comprising:
a theft management server to detect a theft of a computing device in response to an OOB notification, wherein the theft management server transmits a theft alert message to a wireless module of the computing device via a message service gateway, wherein the theft message is detected based on filtering of an incoming Short Message Service (SMS) message, wherein an application header of the SMS message is examined for a vendor identifier in response to receipt of the incoming SMS message and the incoming SMS message is determined as the theft message if the vendor identifier matches a pre-configured vendor identifier, wherein the OOB notification is received or the theft message is transmitted at a theft management server, a service organization, or combinations thereof from or to the computing device via a 3G network, wherein the computing device comprises a manageability engine to transmit a message indicative of the disabled state of the computing device to the theft management server, and wherein the theft management server and the computing device send and receive messages without dependency on a user or host operating system of the computing system. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus comprising:
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a management unit to receive a lock message from a wireless network interface over a sideband bus and to cause one or more components of a computing device to become disabled, wherein the lock message is received from a remote server and wherein the remote server generates the lock message in response to an OOB message indicative of theft of the computing device, wherein the lock message is detected based on filtering of an incoming Short Message Service (SMS) message, wherein an application header of the SMS message is examined for a vendor identifier in response to receipt of the incoming SMS message and the incoming SMS message is determined as the lock message if the vendor identifier matches a pre-configured vendor identifier, wherein the OOB message is received or the lock message is transmitted at a theft management server, a service organization, or combinations thereof from or to the computing device via a 3G network, wherein the computing device comprises a manageability engine to transmit a message indicative of the disabled state of the computing device to the theft management server, and wherein the theft management server and the computing device send and receive messages without dependency on a user or host operating system of the computing device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising one or more instructions that when executed on a processor configure the processor to perform one or more operations to:
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receive an out-of-band (OOB) notification indicative of theft of a computing device; transmit a theft message representative of the theft to the computing device via a wireless wide area network, wherein at least one component of the computing device is disabled in response to receipt of the theft message, wherein the theft message is detected based on filtering of an incoming Short Message Service (SMS) message, wherein an application header of the SMS message is examined for a vendor identifier in response to receipt of the incoming SMS message and the incoming SMS message is determined to be the theft message if the vendor identifier matches a pre-configured vendor identifier, wherein receiving the notification or transmitting the theft message is performed at a theft management server, a service organization, or combinations thereof from or to the computing device via a 3G network, wherein the computing device comprises a manageability engine to transmit a message indicative of the disabled state of the computing device to the theft management server, and wherein the theft management server and the computing device send and receive messages without dependency on a user or host operating system of the computing device. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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