Preventative alarm for potential device destruction using microlocation
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorLisa Seacat DeLuca
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Abstract
The present invention may include designating one or more potentially dangerous conditions, regions, or objects as risk factors within a venue, tracking the location of the user's mobile devices in relation to the risk factors, and monitoring the risk of damage posed to the mobile devices by the risk factors; if the risk of damage exceeds a threshold, alerting the user to the presence of the risk factor and the potential danger to the mobile device. The present invention may further involve, responsive to the user's actions and the risk of potential device damage, performing one or more precautionary actions to reduce or prevent data loss or damage to the mobile device.
Claims20
A method for operating one or more devices to prevent potential mobile device damage, the method comprising:
- determining whether a mobile device is on a person of a user;
- operating a device to alert a user based on a potential risk of damage of the mobile device exceeding a threshold, wherein the threshold is based on historical trends for the mobile device and one or more risk factors, and wherein the potential risk of damage is based on a plurality of elements comprising the determining, historical data, and a location or movement of the mobile device relative to the one or more risk factors within a venue, and wherein the risk factors are dynamically updated based on changing conditions.
A computer system for operating one or more devices to prevent potential mobile device damage, the computer system comprising:
- one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more non-transitory computer-readable tangible storage medium, one or more sensors, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage medium for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, wherein the computer system is capable of performing a method comprising:
- determining whether a mobile device is on a person of a user;
- operating a device to alert a user based on a risk of damage of the mobile device exceeding a threshold, wherein the threshold is based on historical trends for the mobile device and one or more risk factors, and wherein the potential risk of damage is based on a plurality of factors comprising the determining, historical data, and a location or movement of the mobile device relative to the one or more risk factors within a venue, and wherein the risk factors are dynamically updated based on changing conditions.
A computer program product for operating one or more devices to prevent potential mobile device damage, the computer program product comprising:
- one or more non-transitory computer-readable tangible storage medium and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage medium, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
- determining whether a mobile device is on a person of a user;
- operating a device to alert a user based on a risk of damage of the mobile device exceeding a threshold, wherein the threshold is based on historical trends for the mobile device and one or more risk factors, and wherein the potential risk of damage is based on a plurality of factors comprising the determining, historical data, and a location or movement of the mobile device relative to the one or more risk factors within a venue, and wherein the risk factors are dynamically updated based on changing conditions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.