Systems and methods for device broadcast of location information when battery is low
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- on a mobile communications device, identifying that a battery level of the mobile communications device is below a threshold value;
obtaining, by the mobile communications device, location-related information associated with the mobile communications device at the time that the battery is level is identified as below the threshold value; and
at the mobile communications device, transmitting the location-related information to a server, the transmission initiated in response to the identification that the battery level of the mobile communications device is below the threshold value.
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Abstract
Location information associated with a computing device may be transmitted from the computing device to a server. The transmitting of the location information may be performed in response to the battery of the computing device being at a low level. The location information may comprise a location of the computing device or information to identify the location of the computing device. As such, when the battery of the computing device approaches a low level, the location of the computing device may be transmitted from the computing device to a server. Thus, if the battery of the computing device is depleted, a user may obtain the last known location of the computing device that was transmitted when the battery was at a low level. The location information may also be used to identify the last known location for and to apply a security policy to the computing device.
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24 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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on a mobile communications device, identifying that a battery level of the mobile communications device is below a threshold value; obtaining, by the mobile communications device, location-related information associated with the mobile communications device at the time that the battery is level is identified as below the threshold value; and at the mobile communications device, transmitting the location-related information to a server, the transmission initiated in response to the identification that the battery level of the mobile communications device is below the threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
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on a mobile communications device, identifying that a battery level of the mobile communications device is below a threshold value; obtaining, by the mobile communications device, location-related information associated with the mobile communications device at the time that the battery is level is identified as below the threshold value; and at the mobile communications device, transmitting the location-related information to a server, the transmission initiated in response to the identification that the battery level of the mobile communications device is below the threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system comprising:
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at least one processor on a mobile communications device that perform operations instructed by; a module to identify, on a mobile communications device, that a battery level of the mobile communications device is below a threshold value; a module to obtain, by the mobile communications device, location-related information associated with the mobile communications device at the time that the battery is level is identified as below the threshold value; and a module to transmit, at the mobile communications device, the location-related information to a server, the transmission initiated in response to the identification that the battery level of the mobile communications device is below the threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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