Patent ID: 7210164

Claim:
A system, comprising: a wireless communications transceiver; an activation server; a communication tower; a network connecting the activation server, communications and location server and communication tower; a portable computing device, the portable computing device comprising a wireless transceiver and computer readable instructions for activating the portable computing device prior to the operating system loading; wherein upon booting up, the computer readable instructions sends an activation signal from the portable computing device via the wireless transceiver to the communication tower; wherein the communications and location server determines the location of the portable computing device; wherein the communication tower forwards the signal to the activation server and the communications and location server via the network; and wherein when the activation server authenticates the portable computing device, an activation signal response is sent to the communication tower and the communication tower sends the activation signal response to the portable computing device, the computer readable instructions upon receiving the activation signal response then allowing the operating system to load.