Patent ID: 9538335
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: designating a plurality of mobile devices, including a first mobile device and a second mobile device, as a set of related mobile devices for loss indication purposes; receiving position information relating to the first and second mobile devices; determining a pattern of relative position over time of the first mobile device with respect to the second mobile device, based at least in part, on the position information; detecting a deviation between: (i) the pattern of relative position over time of the first mobile device with respect to the second mobile device, and (ii) a current relative position of the first mobile device with respect to the second mobile device; applying a machine logic based first related device loss rule including a first triggering condition and a first consequence, with: (i) the first triggering condition being based, at least in part, upon detection of the deviation; and (ii) the first consequence being activation of a first loss indication indicating that loss of the first mobile device is at least marginally more likely than it is absent the first loss indication of the first consequence; and responsive to detection of the deviation, presenting, at the second mobile device, the first loss indication.