Wireless lock
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
InventorMattias Jonsson
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Abstract
The invention provides for a portable device, a system comprising at least two portable devices and a method according to which at least a first portable device and at least a second portable device can be arranged so that said devices have to be located within a short distance from each other if access to the contents in said first device should remain enabled and/or access to the contents in said second device should remain enabled.
Claims28
1-30. (canceled)
A portable electronic device, comprising:
- a memory for storing data;
- wherein said device is operative to enable access to said data when an enabling external signal is received;
- and,
- wherein said device is operative to disable access to said data when no enabling external signal is received.
A portable electronic system adapted for the protection of stored data, comprising:
- at least first and second portable devices;
- wherein said first device is operative to enable access to its stored data after an enabling signal is received, and to disable access to its stored data when no enabling signal is received;
- and,
- wherein said second device is operative to substantially continuously transmit an enabling signal within a short range, which signal is adapted to be received by said first device.
A method for protecting the stored data in a portable electronic device or devices, said method comprising the steps of:
- enabling access to the stored data of at least one of said portable electronic devices substantially the whole time an enabling signal is received by the device;
- and,
- disabling access to the stored data of said device substantially the whole time no enabling signal is received.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.