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Mobile device loss prevention

  • US 10,282,970 B2
  • Filed: 11/29/2017
  • Issued: 05/07/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for a mobile device to prevent loss comprising:

  • monitoring environmental parameters by the mobile device including location and ambient conditions to determine a geographic location of the mobile device and to determine whether any person in proximity of the mobile device is authorized;

    storing the environmental parameters, including location and ambient conditions to determine the geographic location of the mobile device and to determine whether any person in proximity of the mobile device is authorized, to form a history of the environmental parameters;

    applying statistical analysis to a current set of environmental parameters monitored by the mobile device, including the location and ambient conditions to determine the geographic location of the mobile device and to determine whether any person in proximity of the mobile device is authorized based on the environmental parameters, as compared to the history of the environmental parameters to determine a probability that the mobile device is lost; and

    responsive to determining the probability that the mobile device is lost exceeds a threshold, performing an action to prevent loss of the mobile device.

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