US 2012/0073000 A1Published application

Embedded anti-thief system and anti-thief method thereof

AssigneeNational Tsing Hua University (Taiwan)

InventorsJang-Ping Sheu, Yi-Chang Chen

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Abstract

The present invention relates to an embedded anti-thief system and a method thereof for executing anti-thief procedures, the embedded anti-thief system comprises: a core firmware module, an embedded system module and a cloud server module, wherein the core firmware module is disposed in a firmware device of a portable computer and capable of automatically inspecting the security status of the portable computer when the portable computer is booted. The embedded system module is disposed on a hard disk device of the portable computer and able to communicate with the core firmware module and the cloud server module, so as to confirm the security status of the portable computer. Through the method, the core firmware module and the embedded system module can be loaded and effectively cooperate with the cloud server module for executing the anti-theft procedures for the portable computer at any time.

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Dependent claims

An embedded anti-thief system, capable of being installed in a portable computer, comprising:

a core firmware module, being disposed in a firmware device of the portable computer, wherein when the portable computer is booted, the core firmware module being able to execute a first step inspection for the security status of the portable computer;
an embedded system module, being disposed in a hard disk device and an extended firmware device of the portable computer, wherein when the core firmware module inspects that the portable computer is in an insecurity status, the embedded system module being immediately loaded and executed;
and
a cloud server module, being able to communicate with the embedded system module through the Internet, wherein when the portable computer is in the insecurity status, the embedded system module immediately unloading an IP data, a GPS data, an important backup data, a video data, and a local time data of the portable computer to the cloud server module, after that the cloud server module returning a verification code to the embedded system module, then, the embedded system module executing a second step inspection for the security status of the portable computer.

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An anti-thief method for an embedded anti-thief system, comprising the steps of:

(1) booting a portable computer;
(2) loading a core firmware module;
(3) establishing an operation environment by the core firmware module;
(4) executing a first step inspection for the security status of the portable computer by the core firmware module;
(5) determining whether the portable computer is in an insecurity status, if yes, proceeding to step (6), otherwise, proceeding to step (13);
(6) loading an embedded system module;
(7) executing the embedded system module;
(8) uploading an IP data, a GPS data, an important backup data, a video data, and a local time data of the portable computer to a cloud server module by the embedded system module;
(9) updating the data in the cloud server module;
(10) returning a verification code to the embedded system module by the cloud server module;
(11) executing a second step inspection for the security status of the portable computer by the embedded system module;
(12) determining whether the portable computer is in a security status, if yes, proceeding to step (13), otherwise, proceeding to step (15);
(13) allowing the hard disk device to be accessed;
(14) loading a main operation system of the portable computer, and ending the steps;
and
(15) locking the main operation system of the portable computer, and ending the steps.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.