Patents Assigned to Cicada Security Technology Inc.
  • Pluggable security device
    Patent number: 8378821
    Abstract: A pluggable security device for protecting an electronic device, such as a laptop, is disclosed. The pluggable security device has a battery, a siren, and an optional accelerometer. The security device is triggered by unplugging from the electronic device, or by sensing acceleration, or by disconnecting the electronic device from AC power or from a network. Once the security device is triggered and its internal siren is activated, it can only be deactivated by reinserting the pluggable security device into the electronic device it has been disconnected from and by entering a password in the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Cicada Security Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Fredric Edelstein, James Morrison
  • PLUGGABLE SECURITY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110187523
    Abstract: A pluggable security device for protecting an electronic device, such as a laptop, is disclosed. The pluggable security device has a battery, a siren, and an optional accelerometer. The security device is triggered by unplugging from the electronic device, or by sensing acceleration, or by disconnecting the electronic device from AC power or from a network. Once the security device is triggered and its internal siren is activated, it can only be deactivated by reinserting the pluggable security device into the electronic device it has been disconnected from and by entering a password in the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: CICADA SECURITY TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Fredric EDELSTEIN, James MORRISON
  • Pluggable security device
    Patent number: 7986225
    Abstract: A pluggable security device for protecting an electronic device, such as a laptop, is disclosed. The pluggable security device has a battery, a siren, and an optional accelerometer. The security device is triggered by unplugging from the electronic device, or by sensing acceleration, or by disconnecting the electronic device from AC power or from a network. Once the security device is triggered and its internal siren is activated, it can only be deactivated by reinserting the pluggable security device into the electronic device it has been disconnected from and by entering a password in the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Cicada Security Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Fredric Edelstein, James Morrison