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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2017
Blancco Technology Group Ip Oy, Joensuu, FI;
Daniel Öberg, Joensuu, FI;
Tom Reid, Joensuu, FI;
Väinö Leppänen, Joensuu, FI;
Irina Pirogova, Joensuu, FI;
BLANCCO TECHNOLOGY GROUP IP OY, Joensuu, FI;
Abstract
A method for use in repurposing, erasing data from, and/or disposing of an IT asset comprises transmitting a signal, for example an erasure target signal, from the IT asset to a server located remotely from the IT asset, receiving at the server at least part of a profile of the IT asset, and in response to receipt of the signal, for example the erasure target signal, at the server, identifying an action to be performed in relation to the IT asset based at least in part on the profile or part of the profile of the IT asset. The method may comprise transmitting instructions from the server to an erasure client, which instructions at least partially define the action to be performed in relation to the IT asset and in response to receipt of the instructions at the erasure client, performing the action in relation to the IT asset. The action to be performed may comprise an erasure procedure.