System and method for locating a misplaced mobile device
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsDavid Ryan Walker, Erica Maureen Fensom
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Abstract
A system and method for activating a location feature for a misplaced mobile device. The method can include receiving an audio command and comparing the received audio command to one or more stored audio commands. In the event the received audio command matches a stored audio command, the method further activates a location feature. The location feature can include activating a ringer, activating a ring tone, causing vibrations, and flashing one or more light or any combination thereof. The ring tone can be a location ring tone. The location feature can be deactivated in response to a preset duration lapsing or receiving a termination command.
Claims20
A processor implemented method for activating a location feature for a mobile device, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, an audio command;
- comparing, by the processor, the received audio command to one or more stored audio commands;
- and
- activating, by the processor, a location feature in the event the received audio command matches a stored audio command.
A mobile device comprising:
- at least one memory component;
- at least one stored audio command stored in the at least one memory component;
- and
- a processor communicatively coupled to the at least one memory component, the processor configured to:
- receive an audio command;
- compare the received audio command to the one or more stored audio commands;
- and
- activate a location feature in the event the received audio command matches a stored audio command.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions for configuring a mobile device to execute instructions on a processor to:
- receive an audio command;
- compare the received audio command to one or more stored audio commands;
- and
- activate a location feature in the event the received audio command matches a stored audio command.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.