Method and apparatus for location-based recovery of stolen mobile devices

An electronic device comprising:

• a display;
• at least one of a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, a cellular receiver, or a Wi-Fi receiver of the electronic device;
• embedded instructions;
• and
• processor circuitry to execute the embedded instructions to:
• cause determination of a location of the electronic device based on at least one output of the at least one of the Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, the cellular receiver, or the Wi-Fi receiver of the electronic device;
• and
• in response to satisfaction of a condition from by a remote server, cause transmission of information indicative of the location to the remote server.

A system comprising:

• a remote server;
• a first mobile device to communicate with the remote server via a network, the first mobile device having first firmware, the first firmware responsive to the remote server to cause the first mobile device to:
• determine a first location of the first mobile device based on at least one output of at least one of a first Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, a first cellular receiver, or a first Wi-Fi receiver of the first mobile device;
• and
• in response to satisfaction of a condition, transmit first information indicative of the first location to the remote server;
• and
• a second mobile device to communicate with the remote server via the network, the second mobile device having second firmware, the second firmware responsive to the remote server to cause the second mobile device to:
• determine a second location of the second mobile device based on at least one output of at least one of a second Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, a second cellular receiver, or a second Wi-Fi receiver of the second mobile device;
• and
• in response to satisfaction of the condition, transmit second information indicative of the second location to the remote server.