Patent ID: 9589261
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: G01S,G06Q,H04W

Claim:
1. A computer program product for accessing a remotely located mobile device of a user, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium comprises one or more computer-executable program code portions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to: monitor one or more transactions involving a physical payment transaction vehicle of a user, wherein the payment transaction vehicle includes a positioning device; determine, via the positioning device on the transaction vehicle, a geographic location of the payment transaction vehicle based at least partially on the one or more transactions; determine, via a second positioning device in a mobile device of the user, a geographic location of the mobile device, wherein the mobile device is associated with the payment transaction vehicle; determine that the payment transaction vehicle of the user and the mobile device of the user are not co-located, based on a predefined proximity bridge, which is a distance range between the geographic location of the payment transaction vehicle and the geographic location of the mobile device and is predefined by the user, wherein the mobile device and the payment transaction vehicle are not co-located if the geographic location of the mobile device and the geographic location of the payment transaction vehicle are not within the predefined proximity bridge; disable functionality of one or more applications or one or more features on the mobile device, based at least partially on determining that the mobile device and the payment transaction vehicle are not co-located, wherein disabling comprises reconfiguring the one or more applications or the one or more features on the mobile device; and provide a notification to the user indicating that functionality of the one or more applications or the one or more features accessible to the mobile device are disabled.