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Apparatus, system, and method for detecting theft of network devices

  • US 9,779,271 B2
  • Filed: 06/08/2015
  • Issued: 10/03/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a secure storage device that securely stores an initial geographic location of a network device that facilitates network traffic within a network; and

    a processing unit communicatively coupled to the secure storage device, wherein the processing unit;

    determines a current geographic location of the network device that facilitates network traffic within the network;

    detects evidence of theft of the network device by;

    determining that the network device is experiencing an unexpected power outage;

    in response to determining that the network device is experiencing the unexpected power outage, comparing the current geographic location of the network device with the initial geographic location of the network device securely stored in the secure storage device; and

    determining, based at least in part on the comparison, that the current geographic location of the network device does not match the initial geographic location of the network device; and

    in response to detecting the evidence of theft of the network device, protects the network device from threats of theft by;

    utilizing a dying gasp capacitor within the network device to alert an administrator of the network device about both the unexpected power outage and the current geographic location of the network device; and

    directing the network device to operate within a restricted mode of operation until determining that the administrator has entered, into the network device, authentication credentials that enable the network device to return to a normal mode of operation.

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