Anti-theft mechanism for mobile computers
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Nov 21, 2000
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Sep 9, 1997
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An electronic system that remains disabled after power-on until its user is recognized. The electronic system includes a host processor and a deactivation circuit coupled to the host processor. The deactivation circuit places the host processor into an inoperative state until the user is recognized. In one embodiment, the deactivation circuit is a security processor coupled to a reset input of the host processor. The security processor includes a processing unit and an internal memory unit to contain software required by the host processor to complete a booting procedure.
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