Patent ID: 11950164
Assignee: TILE, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media comprising instructions that are operable when executed by a processor of a tracking system server to perform operations comprising:
storing, by the tracking system server, information identifying each community device of a plurality of community devices and a location of each community device;
accessing, by the tracking system server, and in response to receiving an indication that a computing device is lost, an identifier for the computing device and configuration instructions, wherein the configuration instructions are executable by the computing device to cause the computing device to perform one or more predetermined functions;
determining, by the tracking system server, a most recent location associated with the computing device;
identifying, by the tracking system server, a community device from the plurality of community devices based at least in part on the stored location of the identified community device and the most recent location associated with the computing device; and
sending, by the tracking system server, and to the identified community device, a request message including the identifier for the computing device and the configuration instructions, wherein the request message requests the identified community device to forward the configuration instructions to the computing device that is indicated as being lost.