Patent ID: 8805406
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: G01S,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for using geo-tags embedded in user created media files to update a location history record for a mobile computing device, the method comprising: identifying at least one gap in the location history record for the mobile computing device; scanning the mobile computing device to identify accessible media files in at least one specific format created during the gap, wherein the gap further comprises a period of time during which location services data were not being made available to the location history record, wherein location services data further comprise data provided by Global Positioning System or by wireless triangulation; scanning identified media files created during the gap for embedded geo-tags; updating the location history record for the mobile computing device with at least one data point comprising a location of the mobile computing device as identified by a geo-tag embedded in a specific identified media file and a time of creation of the specific identified media file; and using the updated media location history for the mobile computing device in order to determine where the mobile computing device was located during a period of time from when it went missing to when it was recovered.