System for monitoring the unauthorized use of a device

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G06F 21/00 (2006.01) H04W 12/08 (2009.01)

Patent

CA 2757472

The invention is directed to systems and methods for detecting the loss, theft or unauthorized use of a device and/or altering the functionality of the device in response. In one embodiment, a device monitors its use, its local environment, and/or its operating context to determine that the device is no longer within the control of an authorized user. The device may receive communications or generate an internal signal altering its functionality, such as instructing the device to enter a restricted use mode, a surveillance mode, to provide instructions to return the device and/or to prevent unauthorized use or unauthorized access to data. Additional embodiments also address methods and systems for gathering forensic data regarding an unauthorized user to assist in locating the unauthorized user and/or the device.

Linvention concerne des systèmes et des procédés pour détecter la perte, le vol ou lutilisation non autorisée dun appareil et/ou pour modifier la fonctionnalité de lappareil en réaction. Dans un mode de réalisation, un appareil surveille son utilisation, son environnement local et/ou son contexte de fonctionnement afin de déterminer si lappareil nest plus sous le contrôle dun utilisateur autorisé. Lappareil peut recevoir des communications ou générer un signal interne qui modifie sa fonctionnalité, par exemple en ordonnant à lappareil de passer dans un mode dutilisation restreinte, un mode de surveillance, démettre des instructions invitant à rendre lappareil et/ou dempêcher une utilisation non autorisée ou un accès non autorisé aux données. Des modes de réalisation supplémentaires concernent également des procédés et des systèmes pour collecter des données légales concernant lutilisation non autorisée afin de faciliter la localisation de lutilisateur non autorisé et/ou de lappareil.

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