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Alert for real-time risk of theft or loss

  • US 8,878,672 B2
  • Filed: 03/18/2014
  • Issued: 11/04/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of determining whether to alert a user of a monitored electronic device regarding risk of theft, the method comprising:

  • determining a location of the monitored electronic device;

    retrieving location data associated with other monitored electronic devices;

    determining a zone for assessing a theft risk associated with the location of the monitored electronic device, wherein determining the zone comprises determining a zone size based at least partly on the retrieved location data associated with the other monitored devices; and

    determining, based at least partly on location data associated with reported thefts of the monitored electronic devices, whether to alert the user of a theft risk level associated with location;

    said method performed programmatically by a computerized system.

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