Patent ID: 8854203
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: establishing, by a mobile computing device, a wireless connection between the mobile computing device and a second computing device; receiving, by the mobile computing device from the second computing device via the wireless connection, a notification of an initiating event; determining, by a processor included in the mobile computing device and based on information provided by a motion-sensing device included in the mobile computing device, physical movement of the mobile computing device during a time period defined by the notification of the initiating event and a triggering event; and responsive to determining that the physical movement of the mobile computing device during the time period defined by the notification of the initiating event and the triggering event is less than a threshold value, outputting, by the mobile computing device, an alert, wherein the second computing device is a vehicle computing device in a vehicle, the initiating event is a turning off of the vehicle, and the triggering event is a locking of a vehicle door of the vehicle.