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Locating a lost device using crowd GPS

  • US 9,686,686 B1
  • Filed: 08/05/2015
  • Issued: 06/20/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for device location, the method comprising:

  • transmitting a last known location for a first device;

    determining that the first device is lost;

    at the first device, receiving a command to lock the first device;

    locking the first device;

    selecting, at a backend server, from a plurality of mobile devices subscribing to a mobile security system, one or more subscriber mobile devices that are located within a designated proximity to the last known location for the first device; and

    in response to the locking of the first device, transmitting machine identification data and current location data that is accessible by the backend server to a second device that is one of the selected one or more subscriber mobile devices.

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