Patent ID: 7872578
Filing Date: 2011-01-18
Classification: G06F,G08B

Abstract:
1. A method for providing security for a portable electronic device, the portable electronic device including an embeddable security device, the method comprising: in response to a first signal not being received between the embeddable security device and a remote portable device, an act of determining that the embeddable security device and the remote portable device are not proximate; in response to determining that the embeddable security device and the remote portable device are not proximate, an act of determining an amount of time that the embeddable security device and the remote portable device are not proximate; and in response to the amount of time reaching a first threshold amount of time, an act of transmitting a second signal to an electronic article surveillance (EAS) system, the EAS system being external to both the embeddable security device and the remote portable device, the second signal being configured to cause the external EAS system to emit an alarm signal.