Suspicious portable device movement determination
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsNazih Almalki, Robert George Oliver, Zhe Chen, Andrew Michael Inwood, Marcin Cietwierkowski
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Abstract
A system and method to determine suspicious movement of a portable device are disclosed. A determination is made that an update received by a local device was sent from a remote device different than the local device. A suspicious movement of the local device is determined based upon determining that the local device is moving at a time associated with the update and based upon determining the update originated from the remote device. Based on determining the suspicious movement, a notification of unauthorized device movement is provided.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- determining that a local device received an update, wherein the update originated from a remote device that is different from the local device, and wherein the update comprises data being sent in association with a user account activated on the local device;
- determining, at the local device, that the local device is moving at a time associated with the update;
- determining a suspicious movement of the local device based upon the determining that the local device is moving at a time associated with the update and based upon determining the update originated from the remote device;
- and
- based upon determining the suspicious movement, providing a notification of unauthorized device movement.
A device, comprising:
- at least one processor configured to implement:
- a message manager that when operating determines that the device received an update, wherein the update originated from a remote device that is different from the device, and wherein the update comprises data being sent in association with a user account activated on the device;
- a motion detector that when operating determines that the device is moving at a time associated with the update;
- a motion correlator that when operating determines a suspicious movement of the device based upon a determination that the device is moving at a time associated with the update and based upon a determination the update originated from the remote device;
- and
- a notification generator that when operating provides a notification of unauthorized device movement based upon determining the suspicious movement.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising instructions executable by a processor to:
- determine that a local device received an update, wherein the update originated from a remote device that is different from the local device, and wherein the update comprises data being sent in association with a user account activated on the local device;
- determine, at the local device, that the local device is moving at a time associated with the update;
- determine a suspicious movement of the local device based upon determining that the local device is moving at a time associated with the update and based upon determining the update originated from the remote device;
- and
- based upon determining the suspicious movement, provide a notification of unauthorized device movement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.