Patent ID: 7515048

Claim:
A method for automatically locking and unlocking a mobile computing device, comprising the steps of: installing a radio frequency identification (“RFID”) transceiver in connection with a locking device, wherein the locking device secures the mobile computing device to a cable, the cable securable to a physical structure; emitting a signal from the RFID transceiver; sending a response signal from an RFID transmitter to the RFID transceiver in response to detecting the signal from the RFID transceiver, the RFID transmitter operative to detect the signal from the RFID transceiver within a predetermined distance range from the RFID transceiver; in response to detecting the response signal from the RFID transmitter by the RFID transceiver, changing a position of the locking device to an unlocked position that disables a secure connection between the mobile computing device and the cable; and in response to failing to detect a response signal from the RFID transmitter by the RFID transceiver within a predetermined time period, changing the position of the locking device to a locked position that enables the secure connection between the mobile computing device and the cable.