Patent ID: 9552478
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A portable information device including a user interface device adapted to originate and consume information on behalf of a user, the device having a security arrangement adapted for team-assisted security functionality, the device comprising: computer circuitry, including a processor operatively coupled to a data store; a user interface, including display and user input devices; wireless communications circuitry; and a power supply that provides power to the computer circuitry, user interface, and wireless communications circuitry, the power supply including an on-board energy source; wherein the computer circuitry includes a security module adapted to provide team-assisted security services in the portable information device, the security module including: a thick client security portion adapted to locally process security-related tasks on the computer circuitry; a security team connection module adapted to facilitate local wireless connectivity via the wireless communication circuitry between the portable information device and a security module of at least one other portable information device; and a security task coordinator module adapted to locally decide, exclusive of the security team connection module, which of the security-related tasks is to be processed remotely by the security team in lieu of being processed locally on the portable information device using the computer circuitry, by at least determining, by a local analysis executed by the security task coordinator module, an indication of security priority for the portable information device; wherein the security module is adapted to conduct an exchange of security-related information between the thick client security portion and the at least one other portable information device via the security team connection module; and wherein the security module is configured to process, via the thick client security portion, a first security task of the security-related tasks on the computer circuitry to produce a first security task output, and to transmit, via the security team connection module, the first security task output to at least one portable information device of the security team.