MISPLACED MOBILE DEVICE NOTIFICATIONS BASED ON RIGHTFUL USER'S SOCIAL NETWORKING INFORMATION
First Claim
1. A method for notifying a rightful user of a mobile computing device of a misplaced mobile computing device, the method comprising:
- a computer receiving social networking information about the rightful user of the mobile computing device;
the computer receiving, from the mobile computing device, a set of contextual information that is associated with the mobile computing device;
the computer determining, based on the set of contextual information, whether the mobile computing device has been misplaced; and
in response to the computer determining that the mobile computing device has been misplaced, the computer dynamically identifying, based on the set of contextual information and on the social networking information, one or more contacts associated with the rightful user, and sending a notification message to the identified one or more contacts, the notification message indicating that the rightful user'"'"'s mobile computing device has been misplaced.
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Abstract
In a method for notifying an owner or other rightful user of a mobile device of a misplaced mobile device, a computer receives social networking information about the rightful user of the mobile device. The computer receives, from the mobile device, a set of contextual information that is associated with the mobile device. The computer determines, based on the set of contextual information, whether the mobile device has been misplaced. In response to the computer determining that the mobile device has been misplaced, the computer dynamically identifies, based on the set of contextual information and on the social networking information, one or more contacts associated with the rightful user. In response to the computer determining that the mobile device has been misplaced, the computer sends a notification message to the identified one or more contacts. The notification message indicates that the rightful user'"'"'s mobile device has been misplaced.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for notifying a rightful user of a mobile computing device of a misplaced mobile computing device, the method comprising:
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a computer receiving social networking information about the rightful user of the mobile computing device; the computer receiving, from the mobile computing device, a set of contextual information that is associated with the mobile computing device; the computer determining, based on the set of contextual information, whether the mobile computing device has been misplaced; and in response to the computer determining that the mobile computing device has been misplaced, the computer dynamically identifying, based on the set of contextual information and on the social networking information, one or more contacts associated with the rightful user, and sending a notification message to the identified one or more contacts, the notification message indicating that the rightful user'"'"'s mobile computing device has been misplaced. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer program product for notifying a rightful user of a mobile computing device of a misplaced mobile computing device, the computer program product comprising one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices and a plurality of program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices, the plurality of program instructions comprising:
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program instructions to receive social networking information about the rightful user of the mobile computing device; program instructions to receive, from the mobile computing device, a set of contextual information that is associated with the mobile computing device; program instructions to determine, based on the set of contextual information, whether the mobile computing device has been misplaced; and program instructions to, in response to determining that the mobile computing device has been misplaced, dynamically identify, based on the set of contextual information and on the social networking information, one or more contacts associated with the rightful user, and send a notification message to the identified one or more contacts, the notification message indicating that the rightful user'"'"'s mobile computing device has been misplaced. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer system for notifying a rightful user of a mobile computing device of a misplaced mobile computing device, the computer system comprising one or more processors, one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices, and a plurality of program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the plurality of program instructions comprising:
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program instructions to receive social networking information about the rightful user of the mobile computing device; program instructions to receive, from the mobile computing device, a set of contextual information that is associated with the mobile computing device; program instructions to determine, based on the set of contextual information, whether the mobile computing device has been misplaced; and program instructions to, in response to determining that the mobile computing device has been misplaced, dynamically identify, based on the set of contextual information and on the social networking information, one or more contacts associated with the rightful user, and send a notification message to the identified one or more contacts, the notification message indicating that the rightful user'"'"'s mobile computing device has been misplaced. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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