Computer security system having integrated GPS

a computer security system and integrated technology, applied in the field of computer systems, can solve the problems of preventing local police from easily recovering the computer, and the computer is one of the most stolen electronic devices on the mark

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-03-24
KYNDRYL INC
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Computers are one of the most stolen electronic devices on the market today.
This prevents local police from easily recovering the computer.
However, the really valuable part of the computer may be the data stored on the hard drive and the previous attempts at security do not appear to address the security of the hard drive.

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[0015]Referring to the Figures in more detail. and particularly referring to FIG. 1, there is shown a computer system 10 having a hard drive 12. Computer system and computer are used interchangeably herein. Such a hard drive 12 is a ubiquitous and well known part of the computer and may include, for purposes of illustration and not limitation, fixed disk hard drives as well as flash drives in netbook minicomputers. The computer 10 may be any of the computers mentioned above but the present invention has particular application to laptops because of their versatile portability. Also indicated in FIG. 1 is a permitted zone of operation 14 where the computer 10 frequently operates. The permitted zone of operation may be an office, cubicle, building, home office or other area as defined by the owner or authorized user (collectively referred to as owner) of the computer 10. It is within the scope of the present invention to have multiple permitted zones of operation such as a cubicle in a...

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A computing apparatus having a hard drive storage unit which includes a global positioning system, a non-volatile memory and a compare module. The non-volatile memory stores a permitted zone of operation of the hard drive storage unit while the compare module monitors the current location. If the compare module detects a current location of the hard drive storage unit as tracked by the global positioning system which is outside of the permitted zone of operation as stored in the non-volatile memory, the non-volatile memory contains at least one command implemented by a computer processor that may cause the hard drive storage unit to become disabled.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates in general to computer systems and, in particular, to a computer system and method for disabling a hard drive storage unit in a computer when the hard drive storage unit is outside an authorized, geographical area utilizing a global positioning system device.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Personal computer systems are well known in the art. They have attained widespread use for providing computer power to many segments of today's modern society. Personal computers (PCs) may be defined as a desktop, server, floor standing, portable or laptop computer that may include a system unit having at least one central processing unit (CPU) and associated volatile and non-volatile memory, including random access memory (RAM) and basic input / output system read only memory (BIOS ROM), a system monitor, a keyboard, a CD / DVD drive, a fixed disk storage drive (also known as a “hard drive”), a pointing device such as, a mouse, and an optiona...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F12/14G06F1/26
CPCG06F21/80G06F21/88G06F2221/2143G06F2221/2111
Inventor DEWILDE, FREDERICK C.
Owner KYNDRYL INC
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