US 2012/0075098 A1 · Misplaced Device Recovery

Abstract

Methods, articles, and systems for enabling the return of a misplaced device to a rightful user of the misplaced device are described herein. The misplaced device is configured to communicate with a misplaced device server, indicating to the misplaced device server that the misplaced device has been found. The misplaced device server is configured to provide the misplaced device and a returning user currently in possession of the misplaced device with information describing how to return the misplaced device to the rightful user. The misplaced device server is also configured to communicate with the rightful user, indicating to the rightful user that the misplaced device has been found.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

detecting, by a device, selection of a misplaced device key;
in response to selection of the misplaced device key, sending information from the device to a server over a network, the information including an identification of the device and an indication that a user is initiating return of the device;
presenting at least one option to the user for returning the device;
and
receiving selection of the at least one option to initiate return of the device.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

12/981,797Filed 30 Dec 2010

Priority

24 Sep 2010

Published

29 Mar 2012

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

H04M 1/67
Preventing unauthorised calls from a telephone set: by electronic means
H04W 4/20
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e.…
H04W 12/082
Access security: using revocation of authorisation
H04W 12/126
Detection or prevention of fraud: anti-theft arrangements, e.g. protection against subscriber identity module [SIM] cloning

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Abstract

Claims20