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OwnerMichael Crawford, Fintan Fairmichael +2inventors
InventorsMichael Crawford, Fintan Fairmichael, Kevin Tadgh O'Riordan, Stephen Tapley
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A system and method are provided for locking electronic devices when the devices are not in the same location as a user associated with the device. The system includes a plurality of users each having an identification tag and a plurality of electronic devices each having an identification tag. Location sensors are provided in a room and at entry and exit points for detecting the location of the tags. A database stores the location information of tags and associations of a user with one or more devices. A remote locking means invokes a lock command or an unlock command on an electronic device depending on whether or not the electronic device is in the same location as a user associated with the device. In one embodiment, the identification tags are radio frequency identification transponders and the location sensors are radio frequency identification readers.
A system for locking electronic devices, comprising:
A method for locking electronic devices, comprising:
A computer program product stored on a computer readable storage medium, comprising computer readable program code means for performing the steps of:
A method of providing a service to a customer over a network, the service comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.