Patent ID: 7372358

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a device having security functions, the method comprising: configuring the device to receive information via a wireless receiver, such that the wireless receiver is operative when the device is otherwise powered down; providing a resettable status flag in a memory of the device, the resettable status flag having a first state and a second state and such that the status flag can be stored when the device is otherwise powered down; configuring a processor of the device to set the status of the resettable status flag to the first state or the second state in response to the information received via the wireless receiver; and providing the device with computer instructions that, when executed by the processor during a boot sequence following main power up of the device, perform a security function that comprises: determining the status of the resettable status flag; if the resettable status flag is in the first state, aborting the boot sequence; determining whether the device is connected to one of a plurality of phone lines of a communications network via a modem; and if the device is connected to one of the plurality of phone lines, transmitting a caller ID tag of the one phone line indicative of the location of the device with the modem after terminating the boot sequence.