Systems and methods for displaying location information of a device

• US 9,100,925 B2
• Filed: 10/10/2013
• Issued: 08/04/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: F-Secure Corporation (F-Secure Oyj)
• Original Assignee: Lookout Incorporated
• Inventors: Burgess, James, Hering, John Gunther, Mahaffey, Kevin Patrick
• Primary Examiner(s): MIZRAHI, DIANE D
• Application Number:
  US14/050,644
• Publication Number:
  US 20140038641A1
• Time in Patent Office: 663 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/60 Protecting data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0233 Object-oriented techniques, for representation of network management data, e.g. common object request broker architecture [CORBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0253 using browsers or web-pages for accessing management information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/026 using e-messaging for transporting management information, e.g. email, instant messaging or chat
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0811 by checking connectivity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/14 for detecting or protecting against malicious traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/00 Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications user-to-user messaging H04L51/00; network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/12 Detection or prevention of fraud
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/126 Anti-theft arrangements, e.g. protection against subscriber identity module [SIM] cloning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/30 Security of mobile devices; Security of mobile applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/63 Location-dependent; Proximity-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

Location information associated with a computing device may be periodically transmitted to a server. A user of the computing device may transmit a request to the server when the computing device is no longer able to communicate with the server. For example, the user request may be associated with locating the computing device. In response to the request, the user may be shown the latest received location information of the computing device. The last received location information may be displayed in a web page.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

at a server, receiving a location-related information associated with a mobile communications device on a periodic basis;

when the mobile communications device is unable to communicate with the server, receiving at the server a user'"'"'s request to locate the mobile communications device; and

in response to the user'"'"'s request to locate the mobile communications device, at the server, generating a remote access web page to display to the user the last known location-related information associated with the user'"'"'s mobile communications device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the location-related information comprises information related to a physical location of the mobile communications device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the location-related information comprises global positioning system information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the location-related information comprises cell tower information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the location-related information comprises Wi-Fi access point information.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the remote access web page displays the last known location-related information associated with the user'"'"'s mobile communications device as a location on a map.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the last known location-related information associated with the user'"'"'s mobile communications device is an estimated location based on the location-related information received at the server.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

at a server, receiving a location-related information associated with a mobile communications device on a periodic basis;

when the mobile communications device is unable to communicate with the server, receiving at the server a user'"'"'s request to locate the mobile communications device; and

in response to the user'"'"'s request to locate the mobile communications device, at the server, generating a remote access web page to display to the user the last known location-related information associated with the user'"'"'s mobile communications device.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the location-related information comprises information related to a physical location of the mobile communications device.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the location-related information comprises global positioning system information.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the location-related information comprises cell tower information.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the location-related information comprises Wi-Fi access point information.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the remote access web page displays the last known location-related information associated with the user'"'"'s mobile communications device as a location on a map.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the last known location-related information associated with the user'"'"'s mobile communications device is an estimated location based on the location-related information received at the server.

15. A system for displaying location information of a device, the system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a plurality of instructions, which when executed, cause the one or more processors to;

receive location-related information associated with a mobile communications device on a periodic basis;

receive, when the mobile communications device is unable to communicate with the server, a user request to locate the mobile communications device; and

generate, in response to the user request to locate the mobile communications device, web page to display to the user the last known location-related information associated with the user'"'"'s mobile communications device.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the location-related information comprises information related to a physical location of the mobile communications device.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the location-related information comprises at least one of global positioning system information, cell tower information, or Wi-Fi access point information.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the last known location-related information associated with the user'"'"'s mobile communications device is the last received location-related information associated with the mobile communications device.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the remote access web page displays the last known location-related information associated with the user'"'"'s mobile communications device as a location on a map.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the last known location-related information associated with the user'"'"'s mobile communications device is an estimated location based on the location-related information received at the server.