US 11,928,478 B2
Tracking device state transitions
Charles J. Stancil, Spring, TX (US); and Isaac Lagnado, Spring, TX (US)
Assigned to HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/635,540
Filed by Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 29, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/058444
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/086315, PCT Pub. Date May 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0300295 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 9/44 (2018.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01); G06F 21/81 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 9/4418 (2013.01) [G06F 21/81 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2111 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing device comprising:
a tracking device;
an interface including a power pin, a data pin, and a clock pin, wherein the interface is to couple the tracking device to the computing device via the power pin and the data pin, and the clock pin is disconnected from the tracking device;
a processor; and
a controller communicatively coupled to the processor and the interface, the controller to control an operation of the tracking device via the data pin,
wherein the computing device is to enable activation of the tracking device during execution of an operating system (OS) of the computing device, to disable deactivation of the tracking device during execution of the OS, and to enable deactivation of the tracking device only during execution of a pre-boot environment of the computing device.