Wireless device security system
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsRussell E. Snediker, Vinay Subramanian, David A. Den Boer
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Abstract
A device in a wireless device security system may include at least one processor configured to determine a location of the device with respect to a security area. The at least one processor may be further configured to provide an alert output when the determined location of the device is proximate to a boundary of the security area. The at least one processor may be further configured to prevent the device from responding to at least some user input when the determined location of the device is outside of the security area. The at least one processor may be further configured to provide a disturbance output when the determined location of the device is outside of the security area.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- determining, by an electronic device, whether the electronic device is outside of a security area;
- receiving, from an additional device that is outside of the security area and proximate to the electronic device, an additional identifier of the additional device;
- and
- transmitting, from the electronic device and to a server and when the electronic device is moved outside of the security area, a message comprising an identifier of the electronic device and the additional identifier of the additional device.
An electronic device comprising
- a communication interface for communicating with a server;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- determine whether the electronic device is outside of a security area;
- determine whether the electronic device is proximate to an additional device that is outside of the security area and has a sensor for collecting data;
- receiving the data from the additional device;
- and
- transmitting the data to the server.
A method comprising:
- determining, by an electronic device, whether the electronic device is outside of a security area;
- determining, by the electronic device, whether an additional device is proximate to the electronic device;
- determining a collective battery life for the electronic device and the additional device;
- and
- generating a schedule for performing tasks by the electronic device and the additional device while the electronic device and the additional device are outside of the security area and proximate to each other, to conserve the collective battery life.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.