US 12,267,775 B2
Wireless device loss prevention and discovery
Matthew Harris Klapman, San Jose, CA (US); and David Ross, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US)
Filed by Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/852,290.
Prior Publication US 2023/0422169 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 52/0216 (2013.01) [H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H02J 2300/22 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A data storage device comprising:
a non-volatile storage medium configured to store user data;
a data port configured to transmit data between a host computer system and the data storage device;
a power interface configured to provide power to the data storage device responsive to connection to a power source;
an energy store configured to store electrical energy; and
a beacon component configured to wirelessly transmit a signal, wherein, responsive to the power interface being in a disconnected state:
the energy store is further configured to:
selectively provide energy to the beacon component; and
not provide energy for storing user data to the non-volatile storage medium; and
the beacon component is further configured to consume at least some of the stored electrical energy to wirelessly transmit the signal.