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MISPLACED MOBILE DEVICE NOTIFICATIONS BASED ON RIGHTFUL USER'S SOCIAL NETWORKING INFORMATION

  • US 20140082099A1
  • Filed: 09/19/2012
  • Published: 03/20/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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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:

  • 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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