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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2016
Adt Us Holdings, Inc., Boca Raton, FL (US);
Steven Shapiro, Lake Worth, FL (US);
The ADT Security Corporation, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes processing circuitry including a processor and a memory that contains instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to receive an activation request including identification data from a device, determine whether functionality of the device is authorized for activation based on the identification data, and in response to determining the device is not authorized for activation, cause transmission of a message configured to cause functionality of the device to remain deactivated while keeping communication capability of the device activated. The memory containing instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to, in response to determining the device is authorized for activation, one of (a) cause transmission of a message configured to cause functionality of the device to activate and (b) prevent transmission of a message, the prevention indicating whether activation of functionality of the device is authorized.