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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2017
Applicant:
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);
Inventors:
Igor Sotosek, Portoroz, SI;
Bostjan Valencic, Koper, SI;
Assignee:
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); H04W 12/08 (2009.01); H04B 1/3816 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/10 (2013.01); H04L 12/2801 (2013.01); H04L 12/4625 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04B 1/3816 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to prevent unauthorized modem use are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a locking circuit; and a host authorizer to, when a received attention (AT) command pattern from a host device matches an AT command pattern, transmit a first voltage to the locking circuit to cause the locking circuit to enable modem functionality and, when the received AT command pattern does not match the AT command pattern, transmit a second voltage to the locking circuit to cause the locking circuit to disable modem functionality.