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AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsRonald E. DeLuga, Earl W. Moore, Robert C. Hurbanis JR.
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The present technique provides a multistage security system and method for physically securing a portable computing device and an attachable expansion device together or separately to an external fixture, such as a desk. A security structure, such as an internal lock structure, is disposed in one of the portable computing device and the attachable expansion device. An external device-to-fixture fastener is interlockable with the security structure in one of a plurality interlock stages, which facilitate separate or joint security of the portable computing device and the attachable expansion device using the one security structure. For example, the security structure may have first and second lock slots to lock the attachable expansion device to the external fixture, while the second lock slot also has an internal trigger mechanism to interlock the portable computing device to the attachable expansion device. One such trigger mechanism is a lockdown structure operably coupled to the docking mechanism of the attachable expansion device.
A security system for a portable computing system, comprising:
A portable computer system, comprising:
An expansion device for a portable computing device, comprising:
A method of forming a multistage security system for a portable computing system comprising a portable device attachable to an expansion device via a docking mechanism, comprising the acts of:
A method of multistage security for a portable computing system comprising a portable device attachable to an expansion device via a docking mechanism, comprising the acts of:
A method of multistage security for a portable computing system comprising a portable device attachable to an expansion device via a docking mechanism, comprising the acts of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.