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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016

Filed:

Nov. 25, 2014
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Gene L. Brown, Durham, CT (US);

Brendan F. Coffey, Rhinebeck, NY (US);

Christopher J. Dawson, Arlington, VA (US);

Clifford V. Harris, Cedar Park, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 12/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems for managing sensitive data stored on a wireless computing device associated with a geofence. The system or method identifies sensitive data stored on the wireless computing device, defines a geofence based at least in part on a parameter associated with a user of the wireless computing device, continuously or periodically determines the location of the wireless computing device relative to the first geofence, and modifies, if the wireless computing device is located outside the first geofence, the identified sensitive data on the wireless computing device.


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