Method and device for theft and stalker protection
AssigneeSony Group Corporation
InventorsJohan Wadman, Peter Ljung
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Abstract
A method of determining an appropriate tracking device response scheme includes obtaining, from a tracking device, a tracking parameter indicative of the tracking device being within a vicinity of the user equipment. The method determines, based on the tracking parameter, a verification parameter indicative of an identity associated with the user equipment. The method determines whether the verification parameter meets a verification criterion indicative of a stalker tracking device. In accordance with a determination that the verification parameter meets the verification criterion, the method applies a stalker response scheme.
Claims20
A method of determining an appropriate tracking device response scheme, performed by a user equipment, the method comprising:
- obtaining, from a tracking device, a tracking parameter indicative of the tracking device being within a vicinity of the user equipment;
- determining, based on the tracking parameter, a verification parameter indicative of an identity associated with the user equipment;
- determining whether the verification parameter meets a verification criterion indicative of a stalker tracking device, wherein the verification criterion is whether the identity associated with the user equipment has opted-in to a stalker response scheme;
- in accordance with a determination that the verification parameter meets the verification criterion, applying a stalker response scheme;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that the verification parameter does not meet the verification criterion, applying a theft response scheme.
A user equipment comprising:
- memory circuitry;
- a wireless interface;
- and
- processor circuitry, wherein the processor circuitry is configured to:
- obtain, from a tracking device, a tracking parameter indicative of the tracking device being within a vicinity of the user equipment;
- determine, based on the tracking parameter, a verification parameter indicative of an identity associated with the user equipment;
- determine whether the verification parameter meets a verification criterion indicative of a stalker tracking device, wherein the verification criterion is whether the identity associated with the user equipment has opted-in to a stalker response scheme;
- in accordance with a determination that the verification parameter meets the verification criterion, apply a stalker response scheme;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that the verification parameter does not meet the verification criterion, apply a theft response scheme.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.