Inferring device theft based on historical location data
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- designating a plurality of mobile devices, including a first mobile device and a second mobile device, as a set of related mobile devices for loss indication purposes;
receiving position information relating to the first and second mobile devices;
determining a pattern of relative position over time of the first mobile device with respect to the second mobile device, based at least in part, on the position information;
detecting a deviation between;
(i) the pattern of relative position over time of the first mobile device with respect to the second mobile device, and (ii) a current relative position of the first mobile device with respect to the second mobile device;
applying a machine logic based first related device loss rule including a first triggering condition and a first consequence, with;
(i) the first triggering condition being based, at least in part, upon detection of the deviation; and
(ii) the first consequence being activation of a first loss indication indicating that loss of the first mobile device is at least marginally more likely than it is absent the first loss indication of the first consequence; and
responsive to detection of the deviation, presenting, at the second mobile device, the first loss indication.
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Abstract
A set of mobile devices are designated as a related set of mobile devices for loss indication purposes. Machine logic rules are developed to indicate loss of a mobile device. Under these rules, a determination of probable loss (for example, theft, inadvertent leaving behind) of one of the mobile devices depends, at least in part, upon the activities and/or status of other mobile devices in the set. For example, if a first mobile device in the set is expected, under the machine logic rules, to always be near a second mobile device in the set, then a determination that the second mobile device is located far away from the first mobile device may trigger a warning, or other mitigating action, that the first mobile device has probably been lost.
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18 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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designating a plurality of mobile devices, including a first mobile device and a second mobile device, as a set of related mobile devices for loss indication purposes; receiving position information relating to the first and second mobile devices; determining a pattern of relative position over time of the first mobile device with respect to the second mobile device, based at least in part, on the position information; detecting a deviation between;
(i) the pattern of relative position over time of the first mobile device with respect to the second mobile device, and (ii) a current relative position of the first mobile device with respect to the second mobile device;applying a machine logic based first related device loss rule including a first triggering condition and a first consequence, with;
(i) the first triggering condition being based, at least in part, upon detection of the deviation; and
(ii) the first consequence being activation of a first loss indication indicating that loss of the first mobile device is at least marginally more likely than it is absent the first loss indication of the first consequence; andresponsive to detection of the deviation, presenting, at the second mobile device, the first loss indication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon:
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first instructions executable by a device to cause the device to designate a plurality of mobile devices, including a first mobile device and a second mobile device, as a set of related mobile devices for loss indication purposes; second instructions executable by a device to cause the device to receive position information relating to the first and second mobile devices; third instructions executable by a device to cause the device to determine a pattern of relative position over time of the first mobile device with respect to the second mobile device, based at least in part, on the position information; fourth instructions executable by a device to cause the device to detect a deviation between;
(i) the pattern of relative position over time of the first mobile device with respect to the second mobile device, and (ii) a current relative position of the first mobile device with respect to the second mobile device;fifth instructions executable by the device to cause the device to apply a machine logic based first related device loss rule including a first triggering condition and a first consequence, with;
(i) the first triggering condition being based, at least in part, upon detection of the deviation; and
(ii) the first consequence being activation of a first loss indication indicating that loss of the first mobile device is at least marginally more likely than it is absent the first loss indication of the first consequence; andsixth instructions executable by the device to cause the device, responsive to detection of the deviation, to present, at the second mobile device, the first loss indication. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer system comprising:
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a processor(s) set; and a computer readable storage medium; wherein; the processor(s) set is structured, located, connected and/or programmed to execute instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium; and the instructions include; first instructions executable by a device to cause the device to designate a plurality of mobile devices, including a first mobile device and a second mobile device, as a set of related mobile devices for loss indication purposes; second instructions executable by a device to cause the device to receive position information relating to the first and second mobile devices; third instructions executable by a device to cause the device to determine a pattern of relative position over time of the first mobile device with respect to the second mobile device, based at least in part, on the position information; fourth instructions executable by a device to cause the device to detect a deviation between;
(i) the pattern of relative position over time of the first mobile device with respect to the second mobile device, and (ii) a current relative position of the first mobile device with respect to the second mobile device;fifth instructions executable by the device to cause the device to apply a machine logic based first related device loss rule including a first triggering condition and a first consequence, with;
(i) the first triggering condition being based, at least in part, upon detection of the deviation; and
(ii) the first consequence being activation of a first loss indication indicating that loss of the first mobile device is at least marginally more likely than it is absent the first loss indication of the first consequence; andsixth instructions executable by the device to cause the device, responsive to detection of the deviation, to present, at the second mobile device, the first loss indication. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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