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Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 08, 2019
Applicant:

Lookout, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

William Neil Robinson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Brian James Buck, Livermore, CA (US);

Assignee:

Lookout, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/107 (2013.01); G06F 21/602 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

In response to a computing device of a user being reported as lost or stolen, various steps associated with security for the computing device are performed. In one approach, a database is marked to indicate that the computing device is lost or stolen. Applications that are installed on the lost or stolen computing device are determined, and a security action is selected based on this determination. In some cases, the selected security action reduces or denies service to the computing device, and/or blackholes traffic to or from the installed application. A service provider associated with the installed application is determined, and a notification is sent to the service provider. The notification indicates the installed application, and that the computing device of the user has been lost or stolen.


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