Alert for real-time risk of theft or loss
AssigneeAbsolute Software Corporation
InventorsTimothy Parker, Damien Gerard Loveland
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Abstract
Devices, methods, systems and a computer readable medium for the provision of alerts to electronic devices in response to real-time, location based analysis of the risk of theft or loss of such devices are provided. A continually updated database of locations of thefts, losses and/or stolen or lost electronic devices is accessed in order to provide the alerts to the electronic devices.
Claims28
1-11. (canceled)
A computer-implemented method of determining whether to alert a user of a monitored electronic device regarding risk of theft, the method comprising:
- determining a location of the monitored electronic device;
- retrieving location data associated with other monitored electronic devices;
- determining a zone for assessing a theft risk associated with the location of the monitored electronic device, wherein determining the zone comprises determining a zone size based at least partly on the retrieved location data associated with the other monitored devices;
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- determining, based at least partly on location data associated with reported thefts of the monitored electronic devices, whether to alert the user of a theft risk level associated with location;
- said method performed programmatically by a computerized system.
Non-transitory computer storage having stored thereon executable program code that directs a computer system to at least:
- maintain a database of data regarding locations and thefts of mobile electronic devices;
- define a zone for assessing theft risk, wherein defining the zone comprises selecting a zone size based at least partly on said data;
- determining a risk level associated with the zone based at least partly on said data;
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- determining, based on the risk level, whether to provide an alert to a mobile electronic device located in the zone.
A method of determining whether to alert a user of a mobile electronic device regarding risk of theft, the method comprising:
- receiving information indicative of a current location of the mobile electronic device;
- dynamically defining a zone centered about the mobile electronic device;
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- determining, based at least partly on mobile electronic device theft events occurring within the dynamically defined zone, whether to alert the user of a theft risk associated with said location;
- said method performed programmatically by a computerized system that communicates with and monitors a plurality of mobile electronic devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.