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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2013
Open Invention Network, Llc, Durham, NC (US);
Sofia Alexandra Ortiz, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Luis M. Ortiz, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Open Invention Network, LLC, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
The last known location of a lost or stolen device can be determined based on the device's last communication with a data network. A portable device can be set up to communicate its location to or through a server to a second client after the portable device after at least one of the portable device obtains a wireless connection to a data network and registers a most recent location with the server. A device location based on data network router IP address or GPS. A location can be stored until a subsequent location and/or wireless connection is obtained. The server can be programmed to send at least one of 'lost' message, ringtone, lock code and wipe command to a lost or stolen portable device. The server or lost device can be programmed to provide map location information to the second client for last known location of the lost portable device.