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US 8,509,212 B2Granted
Method and system of recovering lost mobile devices
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsKumar Sanjeev, Ashwin Kamath
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Abstract
An approach is provided for remotely controlling and/or tracking mobile devices. A request is received to track a mobile device. A control signal is generated, in response to the request, to remotely activate an application on the mobile device for controlling an audio interface or an imaging interface of the mobile device to capture a signal from the audio interface or the imaging interface.
Claims13
A method comprising:
- receiving a request from a user of a mobile device to track the mobile device;
- generating, in response to the request, a control signal to remotely activate an application on the mobile device for controlling an audio interface or an imaging interface of the mobile device to capture a signal from the audio interface or the imaging interface;
- receiving one or more signals captured from the audio interface or the imaging interface of the mobile device;
- determining to present the received one or more signals captured from the audio interface or the imaging interface of the mobile device to the user of the mobile device via a user communication interface;
- receiving another request from the user of the mobile device to deactivate the mobile device based on the one or more signals captured from the audio interface or the imaging interface of the mobile device that are presented to the user of the mobile device via the user communication interface;
- generating another control signal, wherein the other control signal at least causes a memory of the mobile device to be erased;
- determining to transmit the other control signal to the mobile device;
- receiving an image of the memory before the memory is erased in response to the other control signal;
- and
- storing the image to a networked repository.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a communication interface configured to receive a request from a user of a mobile device to track the mobile device;
- and
- a processor configured to generate, in response to the request, a control signal to remotely activate an application on the mobile device for controlling an audio interface or an imaging interface of the mobile device to capture a signal from the audio interface or the imaging interface,
- wherein the communication interface is further configured to:
- receive one or more signals captured from the audio interface or the imaging interface of the mobile device;
- determine to present the received one or more signals captured from the audio interface or the imaging interface of the mobile device to the user of the mobile device via the communication interface;
- receiving another request from the user of the mobile device to deactivate the mobile device base on the one or more signals captured from the audio interface or the imaging interface of the mobile device that are presented to the user of the mobile device via the communication interface;
- and
- the processor is further configured to:
- generate another control signal, the other control signal being configured to at least cause a memory of the mobile device to be erased,
- determine to transmit the other control signal to the mobile device, and
- receive an image of the memory before the memory is erased in response to the other control signal and store the image to a networked repository.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.