Patent ID: 9226150
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus to manage devices, comprising: a policy manager to identify a virtual geo-fence for a plurality of devices; a sensor hub to detect a condition with respect to two or more devices in the plurality of devices, wherein the condition includes at least a proximity of at least one of the two or more devices to at least another of the two or more devices; and a device manager to conduct a status determination as to whether at least one of the two or more devices has left the virtual geo-fence based on the condition, wherein at least one of the two or more devices is to be tracked relative to another of the two or more devices to enable one or more automated functions of at least one of the two or more devices, and the sensor hub is to receive a battery life message from at least one of the two or more devices to detect the condition.