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US 2015/0309754 A1Published application
System and Method for Erasing Data on an Electronic Device
OwnerMichael Smithwickinventor
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Abstract
A data erasing system and method for erasing the data on multiple electronic devices at a time, where the multiple electronic devices do not all have to be of the same type or connected at the same time, and where the electronic device's battery may be dead prior to erasure.
Claims16
A system for erasing data on an electronic device, comprising:
- at least one power module for delivering power to an electronic device, said power module capable of delivering sufficient current to charge a battery on said electronic device;
- a communication module to enable the system to communicate with the Internet;
- a processor and memory, said processor being configured to:
- detect whether or not an electronic device is connected to the system regardless of whether the electronic device has a dead battery;
- detect whether the electronic device's battery is charged and cause the power module to charge the electronic device's battery if it is not charged;
- detect the manufacturer, model, and operating system of the electronic device;
- erase data on the electronic device;
- generate a certificate of erasure.
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A method of erasing the data on an electronic device, comprising:
- detecting whether an electronic device is connected;
- identifying the electronic device;
- detecting whether the battery on the electronic device is charged;
- charging the battery if it is not sufficiently charged to erase the device;
- erasing the data on the electronic device;
- generating a certificate of erasure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.