Patent ID: 9685055
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G06F,G08B

Claim:
1. An anti-theft device for an electronics apparatus, comprising: locating means for determining an actual location; storage means for storing a permissible location; and processing means connected to the locating means and storage means, wherein the processing means is configured to: retrieve the actual location from the locating means; compare the actual location against the permissible location; and disable at least part of a functionality of the electronics apparatus if the actual location is more than a predetermined distance from the permissible location, wherein the processing means is further configured to enter the anti-theft device in a standby mode, in which the electronics apparatus is never disabled by the anti-theft device even if the electronic apparatus is not at the permissible location, and wherein the user can activate the standby mode at the permissible location during a user specified amount of operating time of the processing means, wherein the locating means comprises a Global Positioning System (GPS), wherein the processing means comprises a local clock, and wherein the processing means activates the standby mode for the user specified amount of operating time according to an actual time retrieved from the GPS instead of according to the local clock.