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US 2012/0075099 A1Published application
Systems and Methods for Managing Lost Devices
AssigneeCerticom Corp.
InventorDaniel Richard L. Brown
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Abstract
A method for a device to determine that it has been lost is provided. The method comprises the device determining its current location, the device comparing its current location to a plurality of stored locations, and the device determining that it has been lost when its current location is a stored location that has been designated as a location where the device is unlikely to be located or is not a stored location that has been designated as a location where the device is likely to be located.
Claims24
A device, comprising:
- a component configured such that when the device learns that the device has been lost, the device produces at least one alert that includes at least one of:
- a flashing of a camera flash component on the device;
- a flashing of a display screen on the device;
- upon the device detecting that the device is in a location with a wireless internet connection, a transmission of a message to a target device associated with the detected location;
- and
- upon the device detecting that the device has moved, an emission of a visible or audible signal.
3 more elements
A method for a device to determine that it has been lost, comprising:
- the device determining its current location;
- the device comparing its current location to a plurality of stored locations;
- and
- the device determining that it has been lost when its current location is one of:
- a stored location that has been designated as a location where the device is unlikely to be located, and
- not a stored location that has been designated as a location where the device is likely to be located.
3 more elements
A device, comprising:
- a component configured such that the device emits light intermittently when the device learns that the device has been lost.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.