Device separation monitors
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsIsaac Lagnado, Tzuya Henderson, Charles J Stancil
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Abstract
Examples of device separation monitors are described herein. In some examples, a first electronic device may include a memory. In some examples, the first electronic device may include a processor in electronic communication with the memory. In some examples, the processor may monitor for separation from a second electronic device based on a geographic location detection zone. In some examples, the processor may detect a zone type switch event. In some examples, the processor may monitor for separation from the second electronic device based on a wireless detection zone in response to detecting the zone type switch event.
Claims18
An electronic device, comprising:
- a memory;
- a processor in electronic communication with the memory, wherein the processor is to:
- monitor for separation from a second electronic device based on a geographic location detection zone, wherein to monitor for separation from the second electronic device based on the geographic location detection zone, the processor is to:
- determine whether a first electronic device location is outside of the geographic location detection zone from the second electronic device;
- and
- provide an alert in response to determining that the first electronic device location is outside of the geographic location detection zone;
- while monitoring for separation from the second electronic device based on the geographic location detection zone, detect a zone type switch event;
- and
- monitor for separation from the second electronic device based on a wireless detection zone in response to detecting the zone type switch event.
A non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium comprising instructions when executed cause a processor of an electronic device to:
- track group device separation based on a geographic location of a device relative to a geographic zone, wherein to track group device separation, the processor is to:
- determine whether the device is outside of the geographic zone;
- and
- provide an alert in response to determining that the device is outside of the geographic zone;
- while tracking group device separation based on the geographic location of the device relative to the geographic zone, detect that a vehicle is activated based on a wireless signal;
- and
- switch to track group device separation based on wireless signal detection in response to detecting that the vehicle is activated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.