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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2007
Kirk S. Taylor, San Diego, CA (US);
Guilherme Luiz Karnas Hoefel, San Diego, CA (US);
Liren Chen, San Diego, CA (US);
Jack Steenstra, San Diego, CA (US);
Lucian Suta, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Yang Zhang, San Diego, CA (US);
Kirk S. Taylor, San Diego, CA (US);
Guilherme Luiz Karnas Hoefel, San Diego, CA (US);
Liren Chen, San Diego, CA (US);
Jack Steenstra, San Diego, CA (US);
Lucian Suta, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Yang Zhang, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A wireless device having a memory is provided. The memory or a protected portion of the memory is subject to a hard erasure of the memory vs. a soft erasure of the memory if a plurality of sensors indicate a threat to the device exists. The threat may be detected by a plurality of sensors, such as, a timer, a connectivity sensor, a location sensor or geo-fence, a breech sensor, an authentication procedure or the like.