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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2002
Ronald E. DeLuga, Spring, TX (US);
Earl W. Moore, Cypress, TX (US);
Robert C. Hurbanis, Jr., Tomball, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present technique provides a multistage security system and method for physically securing a portable computing device and an attachable expansion device together or separately to an external fixture, such as a desk. A security structure, such as an internal lock structure, is disposed in one of the portable computing device and the attachable expansion device. An external device-to-fixture fastener is interlockable with the security structure in one of a plurality interlock stages, which facilitate separate or joint security of the portable computing device and the attachable expansion device using the one security structure. For example, the security structure may have first and second lock slots to lock the attachable expansion device to the external fixture, while the second lock slot also has an internal trigger mechanism to interlock the portable computing device to the attachable expansion device. One such trigger mechanism is a lockdown structure operably coupled to the docking mechanism of the attachable expansion device.