Computational Systems and Methods for Locating a Mobile Device

• US 20130165161A1
• Filed: 12/31/2011
• Published: 06/27/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Bahl, Paramvir, Burger, Douglas C., Chandra, Ranveer, Dyor, Matthew G., Gates, William, Holman, Pablos, Hyde, Roderick A., Ishikawa, Muriel Y., Kare, Jordin T., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Mundie, Craig J., Myhrvold, Nathan P., Rinaldo, John D. Jr., Paek, Tim, Tan, Desney S., Tegreene, Clarence T., Whitmer, Charles, Wood, Lowell L. Jr., Wood, Victoria Y.H., Zhong, Lin
• Granted Patent: US 9,332,393 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/457
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0221 power availability or consumption
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/02 Power saving arrangements in wired systems H04L12/12; signaling of mobile application services, e.g. low battery notifications H04W4/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0254 detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Systems and methods are described relating to accepting an indication of an inertial impact associated with at least one mobile device; and presenting an indication of location of the at least one mobile device at least partially based on accepting the indication of the inertial impact associated with the at least one mobile device. Additionally, systems and methods are described relating to means for accepting an indication of an inertial impact associated with at least one mobile device; and means for presenting an indication of location of the at least one mobile device at least partially based on accepting the indication of the inertial impact associated with the at least one mobile device.

Claims

1-68. -68. (canceled)

69. A system comprising:

an accepter module configured to accept an indication of an inertial impact associated with at least one mobile device; and

a presenter module configured to present an indication of location of the at least one mobile device at least partially based on accepting the indication of the inertial impact associated with the at least one mobile device.

70. The system of claim 69, wherein the accepter module configured to accept an indication of an inertial impact associated with at least one mobile device comprises:

an accelerometer accepter module.

71. The system of claim 69, wherein the accepter module configured to accept an indication of an inertial impact associated with at least one mobile device comprises:

a switch accepter module.

72. The system of claim 69, wherein the accepter module configured to accept an indication of an inertial impact associated with at least one mobile device comprises:

a vibration accepter module.

73. The system of claim 72, wherein the vibration accepter module comprises:

a seismic accepter module.

74. The system of claim 69, wherein the accepter module configured to accept an indication of an inertial impact associated with at least one mobile device comprises:

a threshold accepter module.

75. The system of claim 69, wherein the accepter module configured to accept an indication of an inertial impact associated with at least one mobile device comprises:

an application terminator module.

76. The system of claim 75, wherein the application terminator module comprises:

a program terminator module.

77. The system of claim 75, wherein the application terminator module comprises:

a link terminator module.

78. The system of claim 69, wherein the accepter module configured to accept an indication of an inertial impact associated with at least one mobile device comprises:

a phone location accepter module.

79. The system of claim 69, wherein the accepter module configured to accept an indication of an inertial impact associated with at least one mobile device comprises:

a computer location accepter module.

80. The system of claim 69, wherein the accepter module configured to accept an indication of an inertial impact associated with at least one mobile device comprises:

a power failure accepter module.

81. The system of claim 69, wherein the accepter module configured to accept an indication of an inertial impact associated with at least one mobile device comprises:

a temperature accepter module.

82. The system of claim 69, wherein the presenter module configured to present an indication of location of the at least one mobile device at least partially based on accepting the indication of the inertial impact associated with the at least one mobile device comprises:

a second device presenter module.

83. The system of claim 82, wherein the second device presenter module comprises:

a mobile device presenter module.

84. The system of claim 82, wherein the second device presenter module comprises:

a dedicated presenter module.

85. The system of claim 69, wherein the presenter module configured to present an indication of location of the at least one mobile device at least partially based on accepting the indication of the inertial impact associated with the at least one mobile device comprises:

a location transmitter module.

86. The system of claim 69, wherein the presenter module configured to present an indication of location of the at least one mobile device at least partially based on accepting the indication of the inertial impact associated with the at least one mobile device comprises:

a sound presenter module.

87. The system of claim 86, wherein the sound presenter module comprises:

a computer sound presenter module.

88. The system of claim 87, wherein the computer sound presenter module comprises:

a computer voice presenter module.

89. The system of claim 69, wherein the presenter module configured to present an indication of location of the at least one mobile device at least partially based on accepting the indication of the inertial impact associated with the at least one mobile device comprises:

a vibration presenter module.

90. The system of claim 69, wherein the presenter module configured to present an indication of location of the at least one mobile device at least partially based on accepting the indication of the inertial impact associated with the at least one mobile device comprises:

a visible indication presenter module.

91. The system of claim 90, wherein the visible indication presenter module comprises:

a light presenter module.

92. The system of claim 69, wherein the presenter module configured to present an indication of location of the at least one mobile device at least partially based on accepting the indication of the inertial impact associated with the at least one mobile device comprises:

a third party presenter module.

93. The system of claim 92, wherein the third party presenter module comprises:

a service presenter module.

94. The system of claim 69, wherein the presenter module configured to present an indication of location of the at least one mobile device at least partially based on accepting the indication of the inertial impact associated with the at least one mobile device comprises:

a remote presenter module.

95. The system of claim 69, wherein the presenter module configured to present an indication of location of the at least one mobile device at least partially based on accepting the indication of the inertial impact associated with the at least one mobile device comprises:

a GPS presenter module.

96. The system of claim 69, wherein the presenter module configured to present an indication of location of the at least one mobile device at least partially based on accepting the indication of the inertial impact associated with the at least one mobile device comprises:

a hibernation mode accepter module.

97. The system of claim 96, wherein the hibernation mode accepter module comprises:

a second impact accepter module.