Always-available embedded theft reaction subsystem

• US 9,092,957 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2011
• Issued: 07/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Berger, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Hung T
• Application Number:
  US13/993,536
• Publication Number:
  US 20140009289A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,314 Days
• Field of Search: 340/568.1, 340/539.11, 340/539.23, 340/541, 340/566, 340/686.1, 340/669, 340/571, 345/158, 345/741, 707/2, 707/6, 707/9, 707/10
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/88 Detecting or preventing theft or loss
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/00 Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/00 Alarms responsive to a single specified undesired or abnormal condition and not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/126 Anti-theft arrangements, e.g. protection against subscriber identity module [SIM] cloning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/63 Location-dependent; Proximity-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/65 Environment-dependent, e.g. using captured environmental data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/67 Risk-dependent, e.g. selecting a security level depending on risk profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/68 Gesture-dependent or behaviour-dependent

Abstract

A system to provide an always-on embedded anti-theft protection for a platform is described. In one embodiment, the system comprises a motion detector to detect movement of the platform, a pairing logic to pair the platform with an other device, the other device reached via a network connection, and an arming logic to arm the platform, when an arming command is received. The system further comprises, in one embodiment, a risk behavior logic to detect a potential problem when the platform is armed, the potential problem differentiated based on the movement of the platform and a proximity of the other device, and a core logic component to provide logic to analyze the potential problem, and to move the platform to a suspecting state, when the potential problem indicates a theft suspicion.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a motion detector to detect movement of a platform;

a pairing logic to pair the platform with a device, the device reached via a network connection;

an arming logic to arm the platform when an arming command is received;

a risk behavior logic to detect a potential problem when the platform is armed, the potential problem differentiated based on the movement of the platform and a proximity of the device;

a core logic component to analyze the potential problem, and to move the platform to a suspecting state, when the potential problem indicates a theft suspicion, a combination of the motion detector and the risk behavior logic to enable the system to protect an in-transit platform while also permitting a user to be away from a stationary platform, wherein in the suspecting state the system to transmit movement information from the motion detector and a BSSID and RSSI sensor, the movement information to be evaluated by movement evaluator in a server to determine whether the platform is being stolen.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the arming command comprises an initial manual trigger and loss of proximity to the device.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the manual trigger to activate a proximity detector to track proximity with the paired device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the theft suspicion comprises movement detected by the motion detector, when the platform is in the armed state.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein when the platform is in motion prior to receiving the arming command, the motion is not considered a theft suspicion.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the arming command comprises a detection of loss of proximity to the device.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

communication logic to send an alert to the device when the proximity between the platform and the other device is lost.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

communication logic to send an alert to the device when the theft suspicion is detected.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the device automatically sounds an alert for the user when the proximity to the platform is lost.

10. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a disarming logic to disarm the platform when the proximity to the device is reacquired.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the device is configured to not sound an alarm, when the user is away from the stationary platform.

12. A system comprising:

a pairing logic to pair a platform with another device;

an arming logic to arm the platform when proximity with the other device is lost;

a risk behavior logic to detect a potential problem when the platform is armed, the potential problem differentiated based on the movement of the platform and a proximity of the other device;

a core logic component to provide logic to analyze the potential problem, and to move the platform to a suspecting state, when the potential problem indicates a theft suspicion, a combination of a motion detector and the risk behavior logic to enable the system to protect an in-transit platform while permitting a user to be away from a stationary platform, wherein in the suspecting state the system to transmit movement information from the motion detector and a BSSID and RSSI sensor, the movement information to be evaluated by movement evaluator in a server to determine whether the platform is being stolen.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the theft suspicion comprises movement detected by the motion detector, when the proximity with the other device is lost.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein when the platform is in motion prior to receiving an arming command, the motion is not considered a theft suspicion.

15. The system of claim 12, further comprising:

communication logic to send an alert to the other device when the proximity between the platform and the other device is lost.

16. The system of claim 12, further comprising:

communication logic to send an alert when the theft suspicion is detected.

17. The system of claim 12, further comprising:

a disarming logic to disarm the platform when the proximity to the other device is reacquired.

18. The system of claim 12, further comprising:

an encrypting logic to protect the platform when proximity with the other device is lost.

19. The system of claim 12, wherein the other device is configured to automatically sounds an alarm when the proximity is lost.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the other device is configured to not sound an alarm, when the user walks away from the stationary platform.