Patent ID: 9369836
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: G01S,G06F,G06Q,G08B,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A system for protecting a portable computing device, the system comprising: a global positioning locator that communicates wirelessly with one or more global positioning system (GPS) satellites and determines one or more location datasets, each location dataset of the one or more location datasets identifying a latitude and longitude at which the portable computing device is located based on the communications, the global positioning locator disposed on a circuit board coupled to a portable computing device; a wireless communicator that receives a loss input from an authorized user device, the loss input indicating that the portable computing device has been lost, wherein the wireless communicator transmits at least one location dataset of the one or more location datasets to the authorized user device, the wireless communicator disposed on the circuit board; a data storage interface that interfaces with a memory of the portable computing device, the memory storing one or more data files, wherein the data storage interface triggers encryption of the one or more data files upon receipt of the loss input, the encrypted one or more data files thereby remaining encrypted at least until the wireless communicator receives a recovery input from the authorized user device indicating that the portable computing device has been recovered; and a first battery disposed on the circuit board, the first battery to supply power to at least the global positioning locator and the wireless communicator, the first battery distinct from a second battery that is not disposed on the circuit board and that supplies power to at least a subset of the portable computing device other than the global positioning locator and the wireless communicator, the first battery to supply power even when the second battery is not supplying power.