Appeal No. 2005-2668
Application No. 09/765,823
BACKGROUND
The invention relates generally to preventing theft of devices. An appliance may
determine its location, and may determine whether it has moved a distance or to a
location which does not meet a local policy guideline. The appliance may notify a
central agency of such move, and the central agency may determine whether the move
does not meet a remote policy guideline. Representative claim 1 is reproduced below.
1. An apparatus comprising:
a functional unit;
a location determination device;
a local policy enforcement device coupled to the location determination
device and to the functional unit; and
a communication interface coupled to the local policy enforcement device
to transmit to a central agency information related to a failure to meet a local
policy and to receive from the central agency an enablement signal if the
information complies with a remote policy.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Mansell et al. (Mansell) 5,223,844 Jun. 29, 1993
Hertel 5,532,690 Jul. 2, 1996
Johnson et al. (Johnson) 5,557,254 Sep. 17, 1996
Claims 1-3, 6-9, 11-20, 31-45, and 47-73 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Hertel and Johnson.
Claims 4, 5, 10, and 46 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Hertel, Johnson, and Mansell.
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