Method and apparatus for mobile device security
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorDONNIE HENDERSON
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Abstract
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for providing security on a mobile endpoint device are disclosed. For example, the method scans for a radio frequency signal, determines a state of the mobile endpoint device and triggers an alarm on the mobile endpoint device if the radio frequency signal is not detected for a predefined period of time and the state of the mobile endpoint device is an inactive state.
Claims22
A method for providing security on a mobile endpoint device, comprising:
- scanning, by a processor, for a radio frequency signal;
- determining, by the processor, a state of the mobile endpoint device;
- triggering, by the processor, an alarm on the mobile endpoint device if the radio frequency signal is not detected for a predefined period of time and the state of the mobile endpoint device is an inactive state;
- and
- if the radio frequency signal is not detected for a second predefined period of time and the state of the mobile endpoint device is the inactive state, sending, by the processor, a communication that includes location information of the mobile endpoint device.
(canceled)
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for providing security on a mobile endpoint device, the operations comprising:
- scanning for a radio frequency signal;
- determining a state of the mobile endpoint device;
- triggering an alarm on the mobile endpoint device if the radio frequency signal is not detected for a predefined period of time and the state of the mobile endpoint device is an inactive state;
- and
- if the radio frequency signal is not detected for a second predefined period of time and the state of the mobile endpoint device is the inactive state, sending a communication that includes location information of the mobile endpoint device.
(canceled)
An apparatus for providing security on a mobile endpoint device, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- scanning for a radio frequency signal;
- determining a state of the mobile endpoint device;
- triggering an alarm on the mobile endpoint device if the radio frequency signal is not detected for a predefined period of time and the state of the mobile endpoint device is an inactive state;
- and
- if the radio frequency signal is not detected for a second predefined period of time and the state of the mobile endpoint device is the inactive state, sending a communication that includes location information of the mobile endpoint device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.