Providing positive confirmation of a mobile or portable computer wipe
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorGregory M. J. H. Tkaczyk
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Abstract
An approach is disclosed that transmits, from a transmitting device, a wipe instruction to a target device. Execution of the wipe instruction erases a data from the target device. After transmission of the wipe instruction, the approach monitors the target device to gather post-wipe instruction data from the target device. The post-wipe instruction data includes connectivity data detected from the target device. The post-wipe instruction data is analyzed with the analysis determining whether the wipe instruction executed successfully on the target device.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- transmitting, from a transmitting device, a wipe instruction to a target device, wherein execution of the wipe instruction erases a plurality of data from the target device;
- after transmission of the wipe instruction, monitoring the target device during execution of the wipe instruction, wherein the monitoring gathers post-wipe instruction data from the target device, wherein the gathered post-wipe instruction data includes a set of connectivity data detected from the target device and timing data corresponding to the connectivity data;
- analyzing the gathered post-wipe instruction data, wherein the analyzing comprises comparing the gathered post-wipe instruction data to a set of expected post-wipe instruction data for the target device;
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- based on the analysis, determining whether the wipe instruction executed successfully on the target device.
An information handling system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- a memory coupled to at least one of the processors;
- and
- a set of computer program instructions stored in the memory and executed by at least one of the processors in order to perform actions comprising:
- transmitting, from a transmitting device, a wipe instruction to a target device, wherein execution of the wipe instruction erases a plurality of data from the target device and is intended to restore the target device to a known state;
- after transmission of the wipe instruction, monitoring the target device during execution of the wipe instruction, wherein the monitoring gathers post-wipe instruction data from the target device, wherein the gathered post-wipe instruction data includes a set of connectivity data detected from the target device and timing data corresponding to the connectivity data;
- analyzing the gathered post-wipe instruction data, wherein the analyzing comprises comparing the gathered post-wipe instruction data to a set of expected post-wipe instruction data for the target device;
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- based on the analysis, determining whether the wipe instruction executed successfully on the target device.
A computer program product comprising:
- a computer readable storage medium comprising a set of computer instructions, the computer instructions effective to perform actions comprising:
- transmitting, from a transmitting device, a wipe instruction to a target device, wherein execution of the wipe instruction erases a plurality of data from the target device and is intended to restore the target device to a known state;
- after transmission of the wipe instruction, monitoring the target device during execution of the wipe instruction, wherein the monitoring gathers post-wipe instruction data from the target device, wherein the gathered post-wipe instruction data includes a set of connectivity data detected from the target device and timing data corresponding to the connectivity data;
- analyzing the gathered post-wipe instruction data, wherein the analyzing comprises comparing the gathered post-wipe instruction data to a set of expected post-wipe instruction data for the target device;
- and
- based on the analysis, determining whether the wipe instruction executed successfully on the target device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.