Alert for real-time risk of theft or loss
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1. A method of determining whether to take an action in a monitored electronic device regarding risk of inadvertent loss of said device, the method comprising:
- determining a location of the monitored electronic device;
retrieving location data associated with other monitored electronic devices, which have been inadvertently lost;
calculating, based at least partly on said location and said location data, a loss risk level associated with said location; and
determining whether to act based upon said loss risk level;
said method performed programmatically by a computerized system.
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Abstract
A computer process is disclosed for assessing the risk of theft or loss of electronic devices in particular locations. The risk assessments may be based on data regarding reported theft and/or loss events, and based on data regarding current locations of user devices. The risk assessments may be used to generate location-based alerts.
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38 Claims
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1. A method of determining whether to take an action in a monitored electronic device regarding risk of inadvertent loss of said device, the method comprising:
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determining a location of the monitored electronic device; retrieving location data associated with other monitored electronic devices, which have been inadvertently lost; calculating, based at least partly on said location and said location data, a loss risk level associated with said location; and determining whether to act based upon said loss risk level; said method performed programmatically by a computerized system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. Non-transitory computer storage having stored thereon executable program code that directs a computer system to at least:
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maintain a database of data regarding locations and inadvertent losses of mobile electronic devices; define a zone for assessing loss risk; calculate a risk level associated with the zone based at least partly on said data; and determine, based on the risk level, whether to instruct a mobile electronic device located in the zone to take an action. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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