Communications: electrical – Condition responsive indicating system – Specific condition
Patent
1999-01-12
2000-08-29
Swann, Glen
Communications: electrical
Condition responsive indicating system
Specific condition
307112, 340571, 340635, 3406861, 340689, 34082534, 340652, 361171, 361172, G08B 1314
Patent
active
061115045
ABSTRACT:
The present invention describes an apparatus and method for an electronic equipment security and recovery system in which the disconnection of electrical power and subsequent movement of the equipment automatically renders the equipment inoperative. Upon obtaining the equipment from the manufacturer, and connecting it to a source of power, the owner inputs a security code into a microprocessor incorporated in the equipment, and enrolls in a security system maintained by a database provider, giving at that time the serial number designation of the equipment, the security code, and appropriate owner identification information. If the equipment were to be stolen--or simply sold or given away--, the removal of the equipment from the power source is sensed, and the equipment rendered inoperative. If the security code is not re-inputted, the then possessor of the equipment usually brings it to a servicing repair facility where, with manufacturer instructions, the serial number designation can be retrieved. Where the possessor of the equipment can establish a rightful chain of title to the owner, an override control is made at the service facility to defeat the security code original inputted, in allowing a replacement code--unique to the then possessor--to secure the equipment anew, and begin its operation once again. If a rightful chain of title cannot be established, police authorities are contacted for the equipment to be recovered.
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Packard Donald B.
Packard Jeffrey W.
Brodsky Charles I.
Swann Glen
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