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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2008
Applicants:
Martyn Ryan Shirlen, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Richard Gerard Hofmann, Cary, NC (US);
Inventors:
Martyn Ryan Shirlen, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Richard Gerard Hofmann, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01); G06F 21/88 (2013.01); G06F 21/73 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1441 (2013.01); G06F 21/554 (2013.01); G06F 21/88 (2013.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01); G06F 21/73 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for securely reporting location information after an attack on a computing device is presented. Such information may be reported to a requesting entity in a manner almost transparent to an attacker. Several exemplary embodiments of systems wherein the method may be used are presented.