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Method of monitoring a portable electronic device and a server for monitoring same

  • US 8,886,851 B2
  • Filed: 08/30/2013
  • Issued: 11/11/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/15/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for monitoring a portable electronic device having a location, comprising:

  • determining in a monitoring computer that communication to a portable electronic device should be established;

    preparing a message in the monitoring computer;

    sending the message from the monitoring computer to the portable electronic device;

    silently and invisibly receiving the message in the portable electronic device, wherein the portable electronic device performs a security action based on the message;

    the monitoring computer receiving, from the portable electronic device, information indicating the location of the portable electronic device; and

    the monitoring computer sending said information to one or more of an email inbox, a mobile telephone, a pager and a fax machine.

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