Method and apparatus for data protection for mobile devices

Details Method and apparatus for data protection for mobile devices Method and apparatus for data protection for mobile devices

2011-01-04

2011-01-04

Corsaro, Nick (Department: 2617)

Telecommunications

Radiotelephone system

Security or fraud prevention

C455S026100, C455S410000, C380S030000, C380S247000, C380S255000, C380S270000, C726S026000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07865172

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus protect data stored in a device by storing data from the device on a backup system upon the device being connected to the backup system; detecting that the device has been lost or stolen; encrypting a set of data stored on the device that has not been stored on the backup system using an encryption key based on another set of data stored on the device and also stored on the backup system; and deleting the other set of data and encryption key from the device.

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patent: 2005/0228994 (2005-10-01), Kasai et al.
patent: 2006/0080551 (2006-04-01), Mantyjarvi et al.
patent: 2006/0258333 (2006-11-01), Yang et al.
patent: 2007/0021112 (2007-01-01), Byrne et al.
patent: 2007/0136593 (2007-06-01), Plavcan et al.

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