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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2019
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);
Igor Sotosek, Portoroz, SI;
Bostjan Valencic, Koper, SI;
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
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.
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