Patent ID: 7546639
Filing Date: 2009-06-09
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for protecting information in a computing device, comprising: detecting a location of the computing device by detecting one or more network addresses used by the computing device; determining whether the location is an unauthorized location by determining whether the detected one or more network addresses are any of one or more predetermined network addresses; restricting access to the information in response to the location being an unauthorized location; and appending one or more alert messages to one or more other outgoing communications by the computing device in response to the location being an unauthorized location, wherein a given one of the outgoing communications is sent to one or more of a tracing agency or a recovery service bureau, wherein said one or more alert messages are configured to indicate to a recipient of the one or more other outgoing communications that the location of the computing device is an unauthorized location.