Security monitoring apparatus and method
First Claim
1. An agent resident in a portable electronic device, the agent configured to:
- communicate with a remote server; and
send information relating to the identification of said portable electronic device;
wherein a communication between the server and the agent is unapparent to a user of the portable electronic device, andwherein said information permits the determination at the server as to whether said portable electronic device is reported lost or stolen.
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Abstract
A system for locating and monitoring electronic devices utilizing a security system that is secretly and transparently embedded within the computer. This security system causes the client computer to periodically and conditionally call a host system to report its serial number via an encoded series of dialed numbers. A host monitoring system receives calls from various clients and determines which calls to accept and which to reject by comparing the decoded client serial numbers with a predefined and updated list of numbers corresponding to reported stolen computers. The host also concurrently obtains the caller ID of the calling client to determine the physical location of the client computer. The caller ID and the serial number are subsequently transmitted to a notifying station in order to facilitate the recovery of the stolen device. The security system remains hidden from the user, and actively resists attempts to disable it.
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12 Claims
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1. An agent resident in a portable electronic device, the agent configured to:
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communicate with a remote server; and send information relating to the identification of said portable electronic device; wherein a communication between the server and the agent is unapparent to a user of the portable electronic device, and wherein said information permits the determination at the server as to whether said portable electronic device is reported lost or stolen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for monitoring or tracing a portable electronic device having an agent, comprising:
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a. the agent communicating with a remote server; b. the agent sending information relating in part to the location of said portable electronic device to said server; and c. the server sending said information to one or more of an email inbox, a mobile telephone, a pager and a fax machine. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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