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Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 24, 2015
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Vaibhav Girish Parikh, Bothell, WA (US);

Paul Valentin Borza, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 21/88 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/316 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 21/566 (2013.01); G06F 21/88 (2013.01);
Abstract

Illicit use of devices, and misappropriation of the data on those devices, may be prevented by detecting patterns of behavior that suggest illicit use, and by taking action when such illicit use is detected. A device may store information that describes suspicious patterns of use, and may also store information that describes normal patterns of use of known legitimate users. If current use of the device matches a suspicious pattern of use, and if the user of the device cannot be confirmed to be a known legitimate user, then action may be taken, such as locking the device's user interface, shutting down the device's communication facilities, issuing a warning message, sending a communication, or any other action.


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