Patent ID: 8929874
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for a client computer user to remotely control a lost mobile communications device comprising: at a server, processing authorization credentials received from the client computer user to determine whether the client computer user is authorized to access the server to issue a request for an action to be performed by the lost mobile communications device; at the server, and after authenticating the authorization credentials, receiving from the client computer user a command request for an action to be performed by the lost mobile communications device; transmitting a command from the server to the lost mobile communications device, the command corresponding to the received request for the action to be performed by the lost mobile communications device; in response to the transmitted command, receiving at the server, information about the lost mobile communications device; interpreting the received information about the lost mobile communications device to determine whether the transmitted command was performed or not performed by the lost mobile communications device; if the interpretation of the received information indicates that the command was performed by the lost mobile communications device, providing a first notification from the server to the client computer user that the command was performed, the notification formatted for display after a request for action status; and if the interpretation of the received information indicates that the command was not performed by the lost mobile communications device, providing a second notification from the server to the client computer user that the command was not performed, the second notification formatted for display after a request for action status.