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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2019
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
David A. Sandage, Forest Grove, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and system for locating mobile devices. The system includes a location-aware mobile device. The location-aware mobile device includes a location-aware mechanism embedded in a platform firmware layer of the location-aware mobile device. The system also includes a central database to receive location information from the location-aware mobile device over a network. If the location-aware mobile device has been stolen, lost, or misplaced, the central database reports the stolen, lost, or misplaced location-aware mobile device and its location to appropriate persons to enable the location-aware mobile device to be recovered.