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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2008
Apurva Mahendrakumar Bhansali, Austin, TX (US);
Manoj Kumar Jain, Austin, TX (US);
Shradha Dube, Austin, TX (US);
Gayathri Rangarajan, Austin, TX (US);
Mehul Ramjibhai Patel, Austin, TX (US);
Rayesh Kashinath Raikar, Austin, TX (US);
Kamal Mansukhlal Dhanani, Austin, TX (US);
Ranjit Kapila, Austin, TX (US);
Elza Abraham Varghese, Houston, TX (US);
Thomas David Tucker, Austin, TX (US);
Apurva Mahendrakumar Bhansali, Austin, TX (US);
Manoj Kumar Jain, Austin, TX (US);
Shradha Dube, Austin, TX (US);
Gayathri Rangarajan, Austin, TX (US);
Mehul Ramjibhai Patel, Austin, TX (US);
Rayesh Kashinath Raikar, Austin, TX (US);
Kamal Mansukhlal Dhanani, Austin, TX (US);
Ranjit Kapila, Austin, TX (US);
Elza Abraham Varghese, Houston, TX (US);
Thomas David Tucker, Austin, TX (US);
Softex Incorporated, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for tracking, locating and disabling an electronic device. A method includes checking if an application component operated correctly during last power-up of the device; and placing the device under control of power on self test to proceed with powering-up the device if the application component operated correctly during last device power-up.