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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2008
Richard Chow, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Philippe J. P. Golle, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jessica N. Staddon, Redwood City, CA (US);
Richard Chow, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Philippe J. P. Golle, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jessica N. Staddon, Redwood City, CA (US);
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for adjusting security status on a mobile device, the method comprising: collecting security-related contextual information which includes information of nearby mobile devices and/or the geographic location of the intelligent mobile device; evaluating a threat level based on the collected security-related contextual information; invoking a security policy; and adjusting the security status of the mobile device based on the threat level and the security policy.