Locating a mobile device and notifying a user of the mobile device location
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsVincent Tkac, Joshua M. Rice, Andrew C. Myers
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Abstract
A method, a system, and a computer program product are provided. At least one processor of a computing device determines that a mobile device remained in a vehicle used in a vehicle for hire service after the vehicle reached a destination. The at least one processor determines at least one second party to notify regarding the mobile device being left in the vehicle based on a use of the vehicle for hire service by a user of the mobile device and the at least one second party. The at least one processor notifies the at least one second party regarding the mobile device being left in the vehicle via at least one device used by the at least one second party.
Claims19
A method of providing a notification regarding a mobile device being left in a vehicle used in a vehicle for hire service, the method comprising:
- monitoring, by at least one processor of a computing device, first location reports from the mobile device reporting a location of the mobile device and second location reports from a vehicle location reporting device reporting a location of the vehicle, the monitoring occurring for a threshold period of time upon receiving an indication that the vehicle reached a destination;
- comparing, by the at least one processor, the reported location of the mobile device with the reported location of the vehicle;
- determining, by the at least one processor, that a user of the mobile device left the mobile device in the vehicle used in the vehicle for hire service after the vehicle reached a destination when a result of the comparing indicates that the mobile device and the vehicle were within a threshold distance of each other for the threshold period of time;
- determining, by the at least one processor, at least one second party to notify regarding the mobile device being left in the vehicle based on a use of the vehicle for hire service by the user of the mobile device and the at least one second party;
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- notifying, by the at least one processor, the at least one second party regarding the mobile device being left in the vehicle via at least one device used by the at least one second party.
A system for providing a notification regarding a mobile device being left in a vehicle used in a vehicle for hire service, the system comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- a memory connected with the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to perform:
- monitoring first location reports from the mobile device reporting a location of the mobile device and second location reports from a vehicle location reporting device reporting a location of the vehicle, the monitoring occurring for a threshold period of time upon receiving an indication that the vehicle reached a destination;
- comparing the reported location of the mobile device with the reported location of the vehicle;
- determining that a user of the mobile device left the mobile device in the vehicle used in the vehicle for hire service after the vehicle reached a destination when a result of the comparing indicates that the mobile device and the vehicle were within a threshold distance of each other for the threshold period of time,
- determining at least one second party to notify regarding the mobile device being left in the vehicle based on a use of the vehicle for hire service by the user of the mobile device and the at least one second party, and
- notifying the at least one second party regarding the mobile device being left in the vehicle via at least one device used by the at least one second party.
A computer program product device for providing a notification regarding a mobile device being left in a vehicle used in a vehicle for hire service, the computer program product device comprising one or more computer readable storage media having program instructions collectively stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to:
- monitor first location reports from the mobile device reporting a location of the mobile device and second location reports from a vehicle location reporting device reporting a location of the vehicle, the monitoring occurring for a threshold period of time upon receiving an indication that the vehicle reached a destination;
- compare the reported location of the mobile device with the reported location of the vehicle;
- determine that a user of the mobile device left the mobile device in the vehicle used in the vehicle for hire service after the vehicle reached a destination when a result of the comparing indicates that the mobile device and the vehicle were within a threshold distance of each other for the threshold period of time;
- determine at least one second party to notify regarding the mobile device being left in the vehicle based on a use of the vehicle for hire service by the user of the mobile device and the at least one second party;
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- notify the at least one second party regarding the mobile device being left in the vehicle via at least one device used by the at least one second party.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.