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Alert for real-time risk of theft or loss

  • US 8,717,172 B2
  • Filed: 09/09/2010
  • Issued: 05/06/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of alerting electronic device users of theft risk, comprising:

  • monitoring the locations of a plurality of electronic devices, wherein monitoring said locations comprises receiving identification and location information reported by said electronic devices regarding their current locations;

    monitoring theft statuses of the electronic devices, at least some of said theft statuses being based on theft events reported by users of the electronic devices;

    determining, based on the monitored locations and monitored theft statuses of the electronic devices, that a first electronic device of said plurality of electronic devices is in a high theft risk zone, said determining comprising automatically classifying the zone as currently having a high theft risk based as least partly on a detected presence within the zone of a second electronic device that is reported as stolen; and

    in response to determining that the first electronic device is in the high theft risk zone, causing an alert to be provided to a user of the first electronic device;

    said method performed automatically by a computerized system.

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