Auto-adjust application operation leveraging location of connected devices

A system that dynamically adjusts an operation of software running on a first mobile device, the first mobile device from a plurality of mobile devices, the system comprising:

• an application configured to provide access to a protected service, the application configured to store a pre-defined range of acceptable locations for each of the plurality of mobile devices;
• an authentication module configured to:
• authorize a user's login credentials received for logging into the application on the first mobile device;
• capture a biometric characteristic of the user of the first mobile device and compare the captured biometric characteristic to a biometric characteristic stored in a user profile within the application;
• and
• in response to a determination that the captured biometric characteristic matches the biometric characteristic stored in the user profile, authenticate the captured biometric characteristic;
• a tracking module configured to:
• track a location of each of the plurality of mobile devices;
• and
• based on the location:
• determine a number of mobile devices that are within a pre-determined range to the location of the first mobile device;
• and
• determine a number of mobile devices that are outside the pre-determined range to the location of the first mobile device;
• a throttling module configured to adjust the operation of the application based on the number of mobile devices determined to be within the pre-determined range and outside the pre-determined range, the adjusting comprising:
• when the number of mobile devices within the pre-determined range is equal to zero, operating the application in read-only mode;
• when the number of mobile devices within the pre-determined range is equal to one, operating the application in a partial-access mode;
• when the number of mobile devices within the pre-determined range is greater than one, operating the application in a full-access mode;
• and
• when any one or more mobile devices are determined to be outside the predetermined range of the location of the first mobile device:
• compare the location to the pre-defined range of acceptable locations;
• when one or more mobile devices are within the pre-defined range of acceptable locations, readjust the number of mobile devices to include the one or more mobile devices that are within the pre-defined range of acceptable locations;
• and
• when one or more mobile devices are outside the pre-defined range of acceptable locations:
• deny user-access to the application from the one or more mobile devices determined to be outside the pre-defined range of acceptable locations;
• and
• transmit an electronic communication to the user of the first mobile device alerting the user of the one or more mobile devices determined to be outside the pre-defined range of acceptable locations;
• the tracking module further configured to periodically re-track the location of each of the plurality of mobile devices while the user is logged into the application on the first mobile device;
• and
• the throttling module further configured to, when a change in the location is detected, re-adjust the operation based on the change.