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Apparatus for locating a stolen electronic device using electronic mail

  • US 6,128,739 A
  • Filed: 06/17/1997
  • Issued: 10/03/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/17/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An electrical device, comprising:

  • (i) a processor adapted to execute program instructions; and

    (ii) a program storage device containing program instructions that when executed;

    (a) monitor output data of an e-mail application program to detect that an electronic message, referred to as an e-mail, is to be sent by the electronic device from a sender address to a recipient address specified in the e-mail;

    (b) compare the sender address to a predetermined owner address; and

    (c) redirect the e-mail message in a specified manner if the sender address does not match the owner address.

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