Patent ID: 11928478
Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A computing device comprising:
a tracking device;
an interface including a power pin, a data pin, and a clock pin, wherein the interface is to couple the tracking device to the computing device via the power pin and the data pin, and the clock pin is disconnected from the tracking device;
a processor; and
a controller communicatively coupled to the processor and the interface, the controller to control an operation of the tracking device via the data pin,
wherein the computing device is to enable activation of the tracking device during execution of an operating system (OS) of the computing device, to disable deactivation of the tracking device during execution of the OS, and to enable deactivation of the tracking device only during execution of a pre-boot environment of the computing device.