Geospatial-based detection of mobile computing device movement

• US 10,015,626 B2
• Filed: 05/26/2017
• Issued: 07/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FMR LLC
• Original Assignee: FMR LLC
• Inventors: Madhani, Sunil
• Primary Examiner(s): Cumming, William D
• Application Number:
  US15/606,564
• Publication Number:
  US 20170332193A1
• Time in Patent Office: 403 Days
• Field of Search: 455411, 455418, 4554561, 4554563
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 5/06 by using barometric means
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 19/12 Alarms or signals
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 19/10 Measuring moisture content, e.g. by measuring change in length of hygroscopic filament; Hygrometers
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/16 Anti-theft; Abduction
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/42 Determining position
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/45 by combining measurements of signals from the satellite radio beacon positioning system with a supplementary measurement
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/48 by combining or switching between position solutions derived from the satellite radio beacon positioning system and position solutions derived from a further system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/88 Detecting or preventing theft or loss
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2105 Dual mode as a secondary aspect
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/107 wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on current location or allowing specific operations only from locally connected terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/68 Gesture-dependent or behaviour-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

Methods, systems and apparatuses, including computer program products, are described for detecting movement of a mobile computing device based upon geospatial data about a property location of the mobile computing device. The mobile computing device generates a baseline geospatial profile including baseline altitude data, baseline pressure data, and a predetermined pressure range. The mobile computing device enters a first operational mode permitting a user to establish a user session on the mobile computing device. The mobile computing device obtains altitude data from a first sensor and pressure data from a second sensor, and generates a geospatial signature based upon the altitude data and the pressure data. The mobile computing device compares the geospatial signature and the baseline geospatial profile, and enters a second operational mode if a difference between one or more corresponding values of the baseline geospatial profile and the geospatial signature exceeds a predetermined threshold.

Claims

1. A computerized method for detecting movement of a mobile computing device based upon geospatial data about a property location of the mobile computing device, the method comprising:

generating, by a mobile computing device, a baseline geospatial profile comprising baseline pressure data, and a predetermined pressure range;

entering, by the mobile computing device, a first operational mode, wherein the first operational mode permits a user to establish a user session on the mobile computing device;

obtaining, by the mobile computing device, pressure data from a sensor responsive to a change in a pressure of the location of the mobile computing device;

generating, by the mobile computing device, a geospatial signature based upon the pressure data; and

comparing, by the mobile computing device, corresponding data values of the geospatial signature and the baseline geospatial profile.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein generating the baseline geospatial profile further comprises:

obtaining, by the mobile computing device, GPS coordinate data from a GPS of the mobile computing device, the GPS coordinate data corresponding to a geographic location of the mobile computing device prior to entering the first operational mode;

determining, by the mobile computing device, a property location of the mobile computing device based upon the GPS coordinate data;

obtaining, by the mobile computing device, the baseline pressure data from the sensor prior to entering the first operational mode; and

retrieving, by the mobile computing device from a server computing device, the predetermined pressure range, wherein the predetermined pressure range comprises a maximum pressure value and a minimum pressure value.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the predetermined pressure range is based upon one of:

historical pressure data corresponding to the property location of the mobile computing device retrieved from a server computing device; and

currently forecasted pressure data corresponding to the property location of the mobile computing device retrieved from a server computing device.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising entering, by the mobile computing device, a second operational mode upon determining the difference between corresponding data values of the geospatial signature and the baseline geospatial profile exceeds a predetermined threshold.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining, by the mobile computing device, a difference between the baseline pressure data and the pressure data; and

entering, by the mobile computing device, a second operational mode upon determining the difference exceeds a predetermined threshold.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the baseline geospatial profile further comprises baseline altitude data, the method further comprising:

obtaining, by the mobile computing device, altitude data from an altitude sensor responsive to a change in altitude of the mobile computing device;

determining, by the mobile computing device, the altitude data is less than the baseline altitude data; and

entering, by the mobile computing device, a second operational mode upon determining the pressure data is outside of the predetermined pressure range.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein obtaining pressure data further comprises obtaining data from a hygrometer.

8. The method of claim 4 wherein entering the second operational mode comprises one or more of:

transmitting, by the mobile computing device, an alert to a remote computing device;

locking, by the mobile computing device, a user session that has been established on the mobile computing device;

ending, by the mobile computing device, a user session that has been established on the mobile computing device;

generating, by the mobile computing device, an audible alarm on a speaker of the mobile computing device;

generating, by the mobile computing device, a visual alarm on one or more of a display and a light source of the mobile computing device;

prompting, by the mobile computing device, the user to enter user credential information;

or

erasing, by the mobile computing device, the contents of a volatile and a non-volatile information storage of the mobile computing device.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the alert comprises one or more of a unique device identifier of the mobile computing device, a time stamp indicating when the mobile computing device entered the second operational mode, and the pressure data.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein transmitting the alert further comprises formatting, by the mobile computing device, the alert for transmission as one or more of an SMS message, an instant message according to the IMESSAGE protocol, and an email, and an email.

11. A computer program product, tangibly embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage device, for detecting movement of a mobile computing device based upon geospatial data about a property location of the mobile computing device, the computer program product including instructions operable to cause the mobile computing device to:

generate a baseline geospatial profile comprising baseline pressure data, and a predetermined pressure range;

enter a first operational mode, wherein the first operational mode permits a user to establish a user session on the mobile computing device;

obtain pressure data from a sensor responsive to a change in a pressure of the location of the mobile computing device;

generate a geospatial signature based upon the pressure data; and

compare corresponding data values of the geospatial signature and the baseline geospatial profile.

12. The computer program product of claim 11 further comprising instructions operable to cause the mobile computing device to:

obtain GPS coordinate data from a GPS of the mobile computing device, the GPS coordinate data corresponding to a geographic location of the mobile computing device prior to entering the first operational mode;

determine a property location of the mobile computing device based upon the GPS coordinate data;

obtain the baseline pressure data from the sensor prior to entering the first operational mode;

retrieve, from a server computing device, the predetermined pressure range, wherein the predetermined pressure range comprises a maximum pressure value and a minimum pressure value.

13. The computer program product of claim 12 wherein the predetermined pressure range is based upon one of:

historical pressure data corresponding to the property location of the mobile computing device retrieved from a server computing device; and

currently forecasted pressure data corresponding to the property location of the mobile computing device retrieved from a server computing device.

14. The computer program product of claim 11 further comprising instructions operable to cause the mobile computing device to enter a second operational mode upon determining the difference between corresponding data values of the geospatial signature and the baseline geospatial profile exceeds a predetermined threshold.

15. The computer program product of claim 11 further comprising instructions operable to cause the mobile computing device to:

determine a difference between the baseline pressure data and the pressure data; and

enter a second operational mode upon determining the difference exceeds a predetermined threshold.

16. The computer program product of claim 11 wherein the baseline geospatial profile further comprises baseline altitude data, the computer program product further comprising instructions operable to cause the mobile computing device to:

obtain altitude data from an altitude sensor responsive to a change in altitude of the mobile computing device;

determine the altitude data is less than the baseline altitude data; and

enter a second operational mode upon determining the pressure data is outside of the predetermined pressure range.

17. The computer program product of claim 11 wherein obtaining pressure data further comprises obtaining data from a hygrometer.

18. The computer program product of claim 14 further comprising instructions operable to cause the mobile computing device to perform one or more of:

transmit an alert to a remote computing device;

lock a user session that has been established on the mobile computing device;

end a user session that has been established on the mobile computing device;

generate an audible alarm on a speaker of the mobile computing device;

generate a visual alarm on one or more of a display and a light source of the mobile computing device;

prompt the user to enter user credential information;

or

erase the contents of a volatile and a non-volatile information storage of the mobile computing device.

19. The computer program product of claim 18 wherein the alert comprises one or more of a unique device identifier of the mobile computing device, a time stamp indicating when the mobile computing device entered the second operational mode, and the pressure data.

20. The computer program product of claim 18 further comprising instructions operable to cause the mobile computing device to format the alert for transmission as one or more of an SMS message, an instant message according to the IMESSAGE protocol, and an email, and an email.